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* Legendary comic book artist George Perez has a non-sexual fetish of redesigning characters' costumes to be much more detailed than the average artist is willing to draw. It gets sexual because whenever he draws [[The Avengers (Comic Book)|Wanda Maximoff, AKA the Scarlet Witch]] (whom he has singled out as his [[Perverse Sexual Lust|favorite character to draw]]), he draws her in [http://sarcasm-hime.net/wanda-ref.jpg this costume], which references her Roma heritage. Furthermore, this outfit is designed to indicate that Wanda ''does not wear panties'' (note that the two sections of fabric over her hips are connected by gold loops that rest over bare skin). When asked to provide [[Word of God]] information that nobody else could give, Perez stated that Wanda prefers to go commando and dared readers to find an instance in which she is proven to be wearing underwear. He even found other ways to subtly convey this sexual trivia - such as showing her wearing a very long t-shirt to bed. It is worth noting that no other artist draws this costume if they can avoid it, although that is likely because of the prohibitive level of detail rather than the designer's fetish appeal.

** Perez just has a fetish for costume design in general. His second-favorite Marvel girl to play with is the Wasp, because he can design any-and-as-many costumes as he damn well pleases for her with no one batting an eye about it. Hilariously enough, though, even with the ''dozens'' of outfits he's given her, ''none'' of the rare [[Stripperific]] costumes she's had were of his design.

* D'Israeli's artwork always includes the word 'fishpaste' somewhere, usually as graffiti.

* [[Calvin and Hobbes|Bill Watterson]] cites [[Peanuts|Charles Schulz]] as one of his main creative influences, and it shows in his art style. A few of the stylistic twists Schulz used in his strip, such as profile shots of characters that show only their eyes and nose but not their mouths, or the use of the word "AUGH" when uttering a cry of surprise or dismay, were adopted by Watterson and later used in ''Calvin and Hobbes.''

** And speaking of [[Pixar]], nearly every film by the company will contain a reference to Pizza Planet or A113 (more info under Western Animation).

* [[Steven Spielberg]]'s first film, ''[[Duel (film)|Duel]]'', used a dinosaur roar sound effect as the tanker truck goes over the cliff, which he has incorporated into the climax of just about every film he's made ever since.

** CRM-114 shows up a bunch.

* When [[Quentin Tarantino]] heard it was being discontinued, he saved one last box of Fruit Brute cereal and tries to have a character eating it in every film he makes. He also has his own fictional brands, including Red Apple Cigarettes and Big Kahuna Burger. He also likes having stylized and often [[Nausea Fuel|nauseatingly]] [[Gorn|gory]] action scenes (though hilariously, he still found [[Monty Pythons Meaning of Life|Mr. Creosote]] to be a bit too much to stomach).

* [[Pink Floyd]]'s Roger Waters' father, a pacifist, was killed in [[World War Two]] in 1944 in Anzio, Italy. This was a pivotal event in Roger's life. As a result, themes of war, politics, miscommunication and mortality often occur in his work in Pink Floyd and as a solo artist, especially starting with [[The Wall]].

** Other common [[Pink Floyd]] / Waters themes include madness, the music industry and [[Drugs Are Bad|the dangers of recreational drugs]], all of which played a part in the breakdown of founder Syd Barrett, and reocurred after the band's success in [[The Seventies]].

 

 

** A lot of the stuff at ''Homestar Runner'' is based on the creators' childhood. Note the frequent appearance of breakfast cereals and [[Merchandise-Driven]] Saturday morning cartoons, the sibling rivalry between Strong Bad and his brother Strong Sad, the characters' [[Vague Age]], and in-universe [[Nightmare Fuel]].

* How else do you explain the contortion scenes in ''[[Sapphire]] Episode III''?

* [[Doug Walker]] ''really'' has a thing for broken, insane jerks who'll never get what they want but they'll keep on trying. [[The Nostalgia Critic]] is a perfect example of this, and [[Ask That Guy With The Glasses]] is getting there (as a more depraved version) with the amount of [[Sanity Slippage]] he's been put through.

* [[The Nostalgia Chick|Lindsay Ellis]] loves her some [[Black and Grey Morality]], robots, stamping on [[Girls Need Role Models]] and lots and lots of [[Self-Deprecation]].

** He also has a music degree, which explains the songs of ''[[South Park]]'' ([[The Movie]] was a musical and the early episodes in particular had Chef sing in every episode).

* [[Family Guy|Seth]] [[American Dad|Mac]][[The Cleveland Show|Farlane]] loves ''[[Star Wars]]'', musicals, and he finds deaf people ''hilarious.''

** Not to mention main characters who logically shouldn't be able to talk but do. Like Stewie, Klaus, and Tim the bear.

* Brad Bird works the number A113—a reference to a room at CalArts used by animation and graphic design students—into all of his projects: ''Family Dog'', ''[[The Simpsons (animation)|Simpsons]]'' episodes, ''[[The Iron Giant]]'', ''[[The Incredibles]]'', ''[[Ratatouille]]''. This has since become a widespread animation in-joke.