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* Agatha is a [http://www.behindthename.com/name/agatha Latin name], coming from a Greek word meaning "good". However, the famous ''St.'' Agatha of Sicily was a third-century martyr, and her many patronages include... er... the bosom. Very apt, even if unintentional. |
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* [http://www.masterpaynemagic.com/ Master Payne] is a real person, who has several personas and performs amusing magic tricks. |
* [http://www.masterpaynemagic.com/ Master Payne] is a real person, who has several personas and performs amusing magic tricks. |
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* Dolokov's name may or may not be a reference to the [[Manipulative Bastard]] and [[Karma Houdini]] of ''[[War and Peace]]''. |
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* Between the whole story is ''full'' of [[Beethoven Was an Alien Spy|modified]] [[Historical Domain Character|historical domain characters]] and [[Allohistorical Allusion]], others include: |
* Between the whole story is ''full'' of [[Beethoven Was an Alien Spy|modified]] [[Historical Domain Character|historical domain characters]] and [[Allohistorical Allusion]], others include: |
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** Van Rijn, master Spark, artisan, the creator of the Muses. The full name of the famous painter Rembrandt was "Rembrandt Harmenszoon van Rijn". |
** Van Rijn, master Spark, artisan, the creator of the Muses. The full name of the famous painter Rembrandt was "Rembrandt Harmenszoon van Rijn". |
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** The circus cook, when his calming pie works - magnificently - on Agatha, exclaims, "Take ''that'', Brillat-Savarin!" Brillat-Savarin (1755-1826) was a famous French expert on high-quality eating. |
** The circus cook, when his calming pie works - magnificently - on Agatha, exclaims, "Take ''that'', Brillat-Savarin!" Brillat-Savarin (1755-1826) was a famous French expert on high-quality eating. |
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* [[Bleached Underpants]]: A variant |
* [[Bleached Underpants]]: A variant. Prior to ''Girl Genius'', Phil Foglio was the author and artist of the ''[[XXXenophile]]'' series of pornographic comics, and unlike many artists with a similar background, [[Averted Trope|he makes no attempt to hide it.]] However, before ''XXXenophile'', he was already well known for ''[[What's New with Phil and Dixie]]'' (done for ''[[Dragon (magazine)|Dragon]]'' magazine) and ''[[Buck Godot: Zap Gun for Hire]]'', and did book covers and illustrations - the most memorable ones were for Robert Asprin's ''[[Myth Adventures]]'' series), the classic ''Con Reports'', and a trio of excellent, funny updates of old '60s humor comics for [[The DCU|DC Comics]] - all at about the same time as ''[[XXXenophile]]''. |
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** Much of ''Girl Genius'' is made up of brilliant little ideas that Foglio didn't use in his pornographic work. The Jägers' speech pattern and dental work? From ''XXXenophile'': "A Beautiful Tail" and "My Favorite Oitling". Zeetha's jewelry, with the little faces that mimic whatever her current facial expression is? From ''XXXenophile'': "Blue Opal".<!--Perhaps this info could be split off/duplicated elsewhere if it hasn't already?--> |
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* [[Fan Nickname]]: "The Sneaky Gate," loading a comic page by its date-determined URL, often several updates before its official release. Despite most webcartoonists' less-than-positive attitude toward this trick, often openly referenced on fan communities - although this is invariable from the copy on studiofoglio.net, not the main page. |
* [[Fan Nickname]]: "The Sneaky Gate," loading a comic page by its date-determined URL, often several updates before its official release. Despite most webcartoonists' less-than-positive attitude toward this trick, often openly referenced on fan communities - although this is invariable from the copy on studiofoglio.net, not the main page. |
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* [[Shout-Out]]: Loads of them. |
* [[Shout-Out]]: Loads of them, listed on [[Girl Genius/Shout-Out|its sub-page.]] |
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its subpage.]] |
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** The wiki has a [https://girlgenius.fandom.com/wiki/Shoutouts_to_other_webcomics whole list] of the ones to other [[Web Comics]]. [http://www.girlgeniusonline.com/comic.php?date=20070319 In Mechanicsburg, there are signs] advertising for [[Wapsi Square|"exotic Wapsi Square"]], [[Gunnerkrigg Court|an inn called Gunnerkrigg Court]], [[Something*Positive|Professor Milholland's "Something Positive" tonic]], [[Dominic Deegan|a certain Dominic Deegan ("Sees all, tells all")]] and [[The Devil's Panties|"The Devil's Panties" lingerie]], among others... |
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** And [https://girlgenius.fandom.com/wiki/List_of_Shoutouts_at_Grandmother%27s_Costume_Party another page] just to list shoot-outs in Princess Terebithia's masquerade marty. |
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*** [[Freefall/Characters|Sam Starfall]], or at least someone costumed as Sam, [http://www.girlgeniusonline.com/comic.php?date=20161216 is at that party]. Clinking glasses with [[Hellboy]]. And we seem to have found [[Carmen Sandiego]]. Also attending the party are [[Teen Titans|Cyborg]] and [[Yu-Gi-Oh (anime)|the Pharoah]]. |
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** ''[[Buck Godot: Zap Gun for Hire]]'' - The very first page contains The Winslow. [http://www.girlgeniusonline.com/comic.php?date=20131211 The plushie Winslow]. [http://www.girlgeniusonline.com/comic.php?date=20141205 Another] encounter with The Winslow. [http://www.girlgeniusonline.com/comic.php?date=20070228 Poiled Slurgs]. [http://www.girlgeniusonline.com/comic.php?date=20081031 Buck Godot T-shirt]. |
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** Baba Yaga and "[[Annie Hall|we need the eggs]]". |
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** Moxana is a shout out to both [[wikipedia:Moxon's Master|Moxon's Master]] and [[wikipedia:The Turk|The Turk]]. |
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** Castle Heterodyne is equipped with [[Saturday Night Live|Happy Fun Balls.]] |
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** [http://www.girlgeniusonline.com/comic.php?date=20070112 This strip] has several soldiers are attacked by a toothed trunk on legs with the words [[Discworld|"The Amazing Pratchett"]] written on it. |
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** Another ''[[Discworld]]'' shout out is in the commentary: "[http://www.girlgeniusonline.com/comic.php?date=20091207 ...kicking and screaming into the Century of the Fruitbat]", hmm? |
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** [[Blackadder|"Don't drink the wine!"]] |
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** A fairly unsubtle reference to Gil rescuing Zola from [[The Phantom of the Opera|"some overly dramatic maniac who lived in the Paris Opera House."]] |
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** A skeleton of a giant spiky beast inside Castle Heterodyne was apparently a pet named [[Count Duckula|Towser.]] |
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** The Unstoppable Higgs' [http://www.girlgeniusonline.com/comic.php?date=20070330 cap indicates] he's a crewman on the ship ''[[Rozen Maiden]]''. |
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** When posing as Agatha's parents, [[Punch and Judy]] went under the names [[The Bible|Adam and Lilith Clay]]. |
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** [http://www.girlgeniusonline.com/comic.php?date=20090410 Turning] a dread castle into... a ''[[Eric and the Dread Gazebo|Dread Gazebo]]''? |
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** [[The War of the Worlds (novel)|Martian]] [[Tripod Terror|Tripods]] in the [http://www.girlgeniusonline.com/comic.php?date=20040804 Baron's flashback] and one of Heterodynes' "[http://www.girlgeniusonline.com/comic.php?date=20091014 My Vacation]" picture. |
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** One strip mentions an [http://www.girlgeniusonline.com/comic.php?date=20090102 electric game] [[Donkey Kong|with the little man and the gorilla]]. It also mentions a boat ride with singing dolls. [[Disney Theme Parks|What a small world it is.]] |
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** One scene shows a sign for both an X-ray and a [[Wonder Woman|Purple Ray]]. |
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** Crazy A.I. with [[System Shock|SHODAN]]-like [[Dramatic Stutter]]. |
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** [[Looney Tunes|"You don't expect a knife to sing opera, y'know?"]] |
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** When Zola first shows up claiming to be the new Heterodyne daughter, Agatha complains about her being a terrible, cheesey actor. Zola's very next line? "Yonder lies the castle of my father!", allegedly a quote from ''The Black Shield of Falworth'', which is generally considered one of the worst-delivered lines ever as the original actor had a very strong Bronx accent.<ref>Wikipedia says [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Black_Shield_of_Falworth there's no such line in that movie, but the same actor said something similar in another film].</ref> |
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** In [http://www.girlgeniusonline.com/comic.php?date=20060726 this strip], [[Author Avatar|Phil Foglio]] is shown singing [[The Beatles (band)|The Beatles]]' "Ob-la-di, ob-la-da" with modified lyrics talking about oubliettes. Then, when the Jäger comes up through the floor, he asks [[Daniel Pinkwater|"Nov shmoz ka-pop?"]] |
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** [[Animal Crossing|"Ahoy there! Major Resetti, first subterranean mecha mole brigade!]] |
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** One of Gil's [http://www.girlgeniusonline.com/comic.php?date=20080509 paper doll outfits] has a [[The Legend of Zelda|triforce]] symbol on the gauntlet. |
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** Gil's valet shares a last name with the employer of [[Jeeves and Wooster (novel)|the most famous gentleman's gentleman in fiction.]] |
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** [http://www.girlgeniusonline.com/comic.php?date=20110228 If one looks closely], it appears that [[The Adventures of Dr. McNinja|Doctor McNinja]] has an office in the hospital at Mechanicsburg. Which... explains a lot. |
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*** [[Doc Rat|Benjamin Rat]] appears in that same panel - and "Dr. Rothfuss" obviously goes by [[The Kingkiller Chronicle|Patrick]]. (The Wise Man's Fear was published three days after that comic.) |
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** [http://www.girlgeniusonline.com/comic.php?date=20070611 Is that] [[Stargate SG-1|Teal'c?]] |
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** A poster at the Science Fair [http://www.girlgeniusonline.com/comic.php?date=20081210 here]: "Planet Earth: A [[Scary Go Round]] we live on." |
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** [http://www.girlgeniusonline.com/comic.php?date=20110502 Klaus] [[Firefly|can kill you with the power of his mind.]] |
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** [http://www.girlgeniusonline.com/comic.php?date=20111017 Sir] [[MediEvil (1998 video game)|Dan]]? |
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** [[Nodwick|Nod]], the big-nosed [http://www.girlgeniusonline.com/comic.php?date=20051019 caretaker]. |
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** A [[Genius Bonus|very obscure]] one: "''[http://www.girlgeniusonline.com/comic.php?date=20070119 I'm a genius!]'' Ha! Take ''that,'' [[wikipedia:Jean Anthelme Brillat-Savarin|Brillat-Savarin!]]" |
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** Inversion of "[[Soylent Green]] is made of people" - bug people promise to "Not eat manflesh" and report that Dr. Thimiz is "actually made from reconstituted soy products".[http://www.girlgeniusonline.com/comic.php?date=20120416] |
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** When Zeetha and Agatha [http://www.girlgeniusonline.com/comic.php?date=20120425 check out armors], some of them look [[Warhammer 40,000|kind of]] [[Galactus|familiar]]... |
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{{quote|'''Zeetha:''' [[Metroid|What about this?]] |
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'''Agatha:''' No way - [[Samus Is a Girl|can't even tell you're a girl.]] }} |
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** In the novelization, when Rivet shows Agatha her collection of tools, Agatha finds a [[Doctor Who|sonic screwdriver]]. |
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** "[http://www.girlgeniusonline.com/comic.php?date=20060712 The Unseen Empire]" - ''[[The Phantom Empire]]''? |
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** The Corbettite train "Wyrm of Limerick" is "[[Star Wars|the engine that made the Konigsberg Run in '''less''' than '''twelve kilometers'''!"]] |
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** A briefly appearing character is Lady [[Discworld/Characters|Margolotta]] Selnikov. If the name isn't enough, her rather pale skin may make one think of a vampire.... |
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** Zeetha comes from the Lost City of Skifander. Remove one letter and shift another two spaces and you have "Iskander." One of [[Robert E. Howard]]'s stories was first published under the title (not Howard's) "The Lost Valley of Iskander." |
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** T'Otheron, Dragon King of Mars may be [[Cosmic Horror|the Void Dragon]] (on Mars) from ''[[Warhammer 40,000]]''. |
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** [http://www.girlgeniusonline.com/comic.php?date=20071217 X the destroyer] - possibly to [http://www.superdickery.com/the-teen-titans-arent-very-bright/ this]? After all, ''[[Teen Titans]]'' seem to visit a large bullseye on the ground without any obvious reason to do so. |
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** [http://www.girlgeniusonline.com/comic.php?date=20131014 The buck stopped here]. |
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** "{{smallcaps|[[Aladdin (Disney film)|Who dares disturb]] the destiny of the Heterodynes?!}}" [http://www.girlgeniusonline.com/comic.php?date=20150810] |
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** [http://www.girlgeniusonline.com/comic.php?date=20181119 This bear] (first panel, on the right) reads ''[[Winnie the Pooh]]''. |
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** "[[Third-Person Person|This bear]]" may be from ''[[Fur Fighters]]''. |
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* [[Throw It In]] |
* [[Throw It In]] |
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** When Phil was drawing the scene which first introduced the Baron, he filled an "empty" spot with a rather scruffy-looking soldier. As soon as |
** When Phil was drawing the scene which first introduced the Baron, he filled an "empty" spot with a rather scruffy-looking soldier. As soon as readers saw him, they liked him and wanted to see more. Thus was born the Jägers. |
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** Maxim of the Jägers was originally a silly little drawing for Kaja, who promptly informed him that he WOULD appear in the comic. |
** Maxim of the Jägers was originally a silly little drawing for Kaja, who promptly informed him that he WOULD appear in the comic. |
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== The Secret Blueprints == |
== The Secret Blueprints == |
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<!--Would it be possible to sub-page this? Compressing the info presented or else just linking to the relevant sections of the wiki are also feasible, but sub-paging seems most preferable.--> |
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The Foglios have thoughtfully provided quite a lot of background and detail for fans of the series. these details were lovingly collected in a document entitled "the Secret Blueprints." Fans do not need to worry about spoilers, as much of these details are merely background stories, lending depth to the characters. You can buy a PDF format of the blueprints, complete with new illustrations and other extra stuff [http://comics.drivethrustuff.com/product_info.php?products_id=58490 here]. |
The Foglios have thoughtfully provided quite a lot of background and detail for fans of the series. these details were lovingly collected in a document entitled "the Secret Blueprints." Fans do not need to worry about spoilers, as much of these details are merely background stories, lending depth to the characters. You can buy a PDF format of the blueprints, complete with new illustrations and other extra stuff [http://comics.drivethrustuff.com/product_info.php?products_id=58490 here]. |
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