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A subtrope of [[Cryptic Background Reference]].
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== [[Fan Works]] ==
* You find these scattered liberally throughout ''[[Undocumented Features]]'', with the twist that because it is perhaps the largest [[Mega Crossover]] in existence, the third reference is almost always to one of the contributing works and likely to be recognized by most readers anyway.
* ''[[Drunkard's Walk]]'' has in a couple places mentioned "geniuses like Newton, Einstein and Tsung"; the author's concordance notes explain that Tsung was a figure specific to Douglas Sangnoir's home timeline.
== [[Film]] ==
* ''[[Bill and Teds Bogus Journey|Bill and Ted's Bogus Journey]]'' opens with Rufus bringing important historical figures to the future as guest lecturers for his class, including historical figures from [[Twenty Minutes Into the Future]].
* Lampshaded in ''[[The Last Starfighter]]'', when Centauri brings up three people, but Alex doesn't recognize the last one.
{{quote|'''Centauri:''' Alex! Alex! You're walking away from history! History, Alex! Did Chris Columbus stay home? Nooooo. What if the Wright Brothers thought that only birds should fly? And did Galoka think that the Ulus were too ugly to save?
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== [[New Media]] ==
* * This is #5 of ''[[Cracked.com|Cracked]]'''s [http://www.cracked.com/article_17392_6-sci-fi-movie-conventions-that-need-to-die.html 6 Sci-Fi Movie Conventions (That Need to Die)], the example being "Newton, Einstein, [[Star Trek II: The Wrath of Khan|Sulak]]".
== Web Comics ==
* ''[[Starslip]]'' has this with art pieces [https://web.archive.org/web/20190901133640/http://starslip.chainsawsuit.com/starslip/starslip-number-374/ here]: ''[[The Scream]]'', ''Nightmare'', and ''Vanderbeam Getting Eaten By A Ghost''.
== [[Western Animation]] ==
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