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* So Immortals effectively die and are reborn in different bodies with different personalities? Sounds like a certain [[Doctor Who|immortal doctor]].
** Speaking of which... [http://www.egscomics.com/?date=2010-10-04 Panel 3 of this comic]. Take the glasses off that man, what do you get? That is the Eleventh Doctor, bowtie and all. [[Word of God|According to Dan Shive]], the resemblance was "amusing, but it wasn't something I planned". However, there's a good reason why that's probably not THE Doctor:
{{quote| '''Dan Shive:''' If defying the laws of physics made [[I Am Not Shazam|Doctor Who]] cry, he'd never get anything done.}}
* Nanase makes a shoutout to [[Mallrats]] [http://egscomics.com/?date=2003-03-05 here].
* [http://www.egscomics.com/?date=2010-09-08 This one] is ''made'' of shout outs. [[Batman]], [[Green Lantern]], [[Iron Man]], Spider-man, two separate [[Star Wars]] movies ([[The Phantom Menace]] and [[The Empire Strikes Back]]), and [[Captain Marvel]]. Notably, they're all ''in-universe'' shout outs on the part of one guy who works at a comics store.
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* At an interview at Susan's video store, Elliot meets Mister Tensaided, who [http://www.egscomics.com/?date=2012-05-04 makes a blatant] [[The Matrix|Matrix]] reference...which goes over Elliot's head ''completely''.
* Tensaided's [http://www.egscomics.com/?date=2012-05-09 opinion on Elliot].
{{quote| '''Tensaided:''' I think he should be condemned. He has serious metal fatigue, his wiring is substandard, he's completely inadequate for our sales needs, and his brain is like a demilitarized zone.<br />
'''Susan:''' Are...are you paraphrasing a ''[[Ghostbusters]] quote'' about a ''building'' to describe a ''person?'' How does that even--<br />
'''Tensaided:''' At least you got the reference! }}