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* "Chuck Versus the Sandworm" had, in addition to all the Dune references you might expect, a lengthy visual shout out to "The O.C."
** This is because the two shows share a creator/co-creator - Josh Schwartz. There is also an episode where they have to channel flick and identify TV shows as quickly as possible. It's very quick, but Morgan says "Season 2 of The O.C, a really underrated show" at one point.
** "Sandworm" also mentioned Harry Tang's middle name is "Tiberius", the same as [[Star Trek: theThe Original Series (TV)|Captain Kirk's]].
* [[Adam Baldwin|Agent Casey]] gets many an [[Actor Allusion]], particularly to his role in [[Firefly]] and [[Serenity (Film)|Serenity]]:
** In "Chuck Versus the Sandworm," he asks (in reference to a hacker geek who escaped from a secure facility), "What's he going to do, hurt me with his mind?"
** Likewise, Casey mutters "Shiny!" in another episode.
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* Other episodes have featured characters named Lo Pan and Jack Burton from [[Big Trouble in Little China]].
** Point of fact, the character Ben Lo Pan is actually played by James Hong, who played David Lo Pan in Big Trouble in Little China.
* The Christmas 2008 episode contains a shout-out to ''[[Die Hard (Film)|Die Hard]]'' when Reginald VelJohnson guest stars as Sgt. Al Powell of the Burbank Police Department. There's also a shoutout to ''[[Groundhog Day (Film)|Groundhog Day]]'' with the hostage holder, "Ned Ryerson" (spelled differently on the show than in the movie).
* Several shout-outs to ''[[Casablanca]]'': "We'll always have Omaha." It's Ellie's favorite movie, as well.
** "Chuck Versus the Undercover Lover" contains a bunch for ''[[Casablanca]]''. Cynical lone wolf Casey reopens an old wound when he unexpectedly encounters his old flame ''Ilsa'' and finds that she's about to marry ''Victor'', the movie plays in the background at the [[Buy More]] when Ilsa comes to meet Casey, and at the end, after Ilsa leaves on a plane, Chuck says, "I think this is the beginning of a beautiful friendship." (see [[Whole-Plot Reference]] below).
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* The choreography during the final scene of "Chuck Versus the Ring" was largely lifted directly from ''[[The Matrix]]''... this troper wasn't sure it was intentional until Chuck said "I know Kung Fu."
** The scene of Chuck and Sarah shooting up the "First bank of Evil" in season 4 is similar to when Neo and Trinity rescued Morpheus.
* The whole {{spoiler|Morgan betraying Big Mike arc}} was a shout out to ''[[The Godfather (Film)|The Godfather]]''. Right down to the dialogue;
{{quote| '''Mike:''' I know it was you, <s>Fredo</s> Morgan. You ''broke my heart''. You broke my heart. [to Emmett] I don't want anything to happen to him while <s>Mom's alive</s> I'm dating his mother.}}
* In "Chuck Versus the Alma Mater," Casey quotes [[Firesign Theatre]]'s "Nick Danger" sketch.
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* Issues of ''[[Knights of the Dinner Table]]'' are seen in Chuck's room. (The writer wrote in to the magazine itself once to point this fact out.)
* Chuck's room has a poster for the imaginary "Yakuza Prep," originally found in the bedroom of Seth on ''[[The OC|The O.C.]]'' (Also created by Josh Schwartz)
* In "Chuck Versus First Class", the vial of antidote is labeled "cordrazine", a fictional drug mentioned in both ''[[Star Trek: theThe Original Series (TV)|Star Trek]]'' and ''[[Mission Impossible (TV series)|Mission Impossible]]''.
* Eagle-eyed viewers may recognize the museum in "Chuck Versus the Mask" as the [[Mighty Morphin Power Rangers|Power Rangers']] Command Center.
* ''[[Y: theThe Last Man]]'' is featured throughout the show multiple times. Chuck has a Y poster in his bedroom, Devon is shown reading the first issue while waiting for Chuck to wake up, Chuck is reading it at the bar to lure Manoosh. He refers to it as, "The greatest literary contribution of our time." --clearly one of the writers is a fan.
** There are even parallels in the stories. A loser-jokester guy unwittingly becomes the most important man in the world in one day, he has a sister in medicine, and a kick-ass spy watching his back.
* [[Dolph Lundgren]] stating [[Rocky IV|"I must break you." and "If you die, you die."]]
* One of Chuck's job interviews in "Chuck Versus the Anniversary" is at [[Seinfeld|Vandalay Industries]].
* In "Chuck Versus the Couch Lock", when one of the villains is going through the mailboxes in Chuck's appartment complex, it is revealed that Casey's neighbor is named ''[[Twenty Four24|Bauer]]''. When 24 was still running the shows were indeed "neighbors," since both aired on Monday night.
** [[The A-Team (TV)|The A-Team]] in the same episode.
{{quote| '''Casey:''' I had them court-martialed. Of course they promptly escaped the maximum security stockade...<br />
'''Chuck:''' ...to the Los Angeles Underground, where they survived as soldiers of fortune.<br />
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'''Casey:''' I ''was'' the A-Team.<br />
'''Chuck:''' Ah. }}
** The funeral scene in the same episode also seems to reference [http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pFhD7dnqEbg this scene] from the Cary Grant Audrey Hepburn movie ''[[Charade (Film)|Charade]]'', where a group of four people agreed to steal gold when part of the OSS in World War II. When one of them died, the others at his funeral each tried to make sure he was dead. One sneezed on him, one held a mirror to his nose, and the other (in the exact same manner as Chuck) stuck a pin in him.
* Nearly all of the Morgan scenes in "Chuck Versus the Leftovers" are references to ''[[Die Hard (Film)|Die Hard]]''.
** "Come with me if you want to live," however, comes from ''[[The Terminator]]''. In-show, it's uttered by Linda Hamilton, who [[Actor Allusion|played Sarah Connor]] in that movie.
* "Chuck Versus the Balcony" riffs on a famous scene from ''[[The Court Jester]]'' when trying to track a bottle of wine:
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** Sarah dying her hair from blonde to black after "going rogue" mirrors a similar change from ''[[Salt]]''.
** Sarah, with black hair, wearing a form-fitting catsuit, and [[Actor Allusion|reprising a previous role]]: "I love a good [[Mass Effect 2|Suicide Mission]]."
** Chuck wears a ''[[De Blob (Video Game)|De Blob]]'' t-shirt.
* In Chuck Versus Tom Sawyer we have [[Queen|Farrokh Bulsara]].
* At one point, Ellie is seen reading ''[[The Joy Luck Club (Literature)|The Joy Luck Club]]''.
* When Morgan, as the driver of Chuck's limo, is told to roll up the window, he replies [[The Princess Bride (Filmfilm)|"As you wish".]]
* Emmett Millbarge screaming "NO TOUCHING!" at hoardes of customers. He's played by Tony Hale, most famous for his role on ''[[Arrested Development (TV series)|Arrested Development]]'', where "No touching!" and variations thereof was one its many running gags.
* The agent who gave Sarah a 49-B evaluation in season 2 is named [[Fatal Attraction (Filmfilm)|Alex Forrest]].nB
* Casey brainwashing Lester into obeying Morgan is reminiscent of [[The Manchurian Candidate]].
* Chuck is reading [[Game of Thrones]] at the start of "Chuck vs. the Family Volkoff"
{{quote| ''Eddard, you can't give your kids dire wolves as pets. That's a terrible idea!''}}
** Of course, Chuck seems to have the book open to the middle, whereas that event takes place right at the very beginning...
* When Chuck and Morgan have fought off most of Snieder's henchmen, one grabs a pair of swords and starts twirling them around. Morgan [[Raiders of the Lost Ark (Film)|shoots him]] with the tranq gun, and Chuck makes the reference.
* Morgan helps fashion a prison escape by posing as a guard and reporting a "[[A New Hope (Film)|prisoner transfer from]] [[THX 1138 (Film)|CB 11, Section 3-8]]."
** While Morgan investigated the construction going on in Castle, he posed as an agent. When one walked by him he pretended to be talking on his radio saying "No, they're just doing maintenance on [[The Simpsons|Sector 7-G]]".
* In "Chuck Versus the Frosted Tips", {{spoiler|an Intersected}} Morgan evades tranq shots in a style not unlike [[The Matrix|Neo]]. Incidentally, Carrie-Ann Moss (who played Trinity in the movies) made an appearance in the episode.
* In "Chuck Versus Bo" the X-13 memory erasure spray is often filmed in a manner highly reminiscent of neuralyzers from the ''[[Men in Black (Filmfilm)|Men in Black]]'' movies.
** Moreover, the subplot of Jeff & Lester losing their memories of their recent predicaments is eerily similar to ''[[Memento (Film)|Memento]]'', which, interestingly enough starred Carrie-Ann Moss (Gertrude Verbanski).
* In the season 4 premiere, Morgan tries to flex while high-fiving Chuck in a shout out to [[Predator]].
* Morgan is carrying a [[Blade Runner|Tyrell Corporation]] messenger bag when he meets Carina in "Chuck versus the Wookie".
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