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** [[The Spark of Genius]]
** [[Sufficiently Analyzed Magic]]
* [[Shout-Out]]: Loads of them.
** ''[[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].
** The wiki has a [http://girlgenius.wikia.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...
** Baba Yaga and "[[Annie Hall|we need the eggs]]".
** Moxana is a shout out to both [[wikipedia:Moxon's Master|Moxon's Master]] and [[wikipedia:The Turk|The Turk]].
** Castle Heterodyne is equipped with [[Saturday Night Live|Happy Fun Balls.]]
** [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.
** 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?
** [[Blackadder|"Don't drink the wine!"]]
** 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."]]
** A skeleton of a giant spiky beast inside Castle Heterodyne was apparently a pet named [[Count Duckula|Towser.]]
** The Unstoppable Higgs' [http://www.girlgeniusonline.com/comic.php?date=20070330 cap indicates] he's a crewman on the ship ''[[Rozen Maiden]]''.
** When posing as Agatha's parents, [[Punch and Judy]] went under the names [[The Bible|Adam and Lilith Clay]].
** [http://www.girlgeniusonline.com/comic.php?date=20090410 Turning] a dread castle into... a ''[[Eric and the Dread Gazebo|Dread Gazebo]]''?
** [[The War of the Worlds|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.
** 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.]]
** One scene shows a sign for both an X-ray and a [[Wonder Woman|Purple Ray]].
** Crazy A.I. with [[System Shock|SHODAN]]-like [[Dramatic Stutter]].
** [[Looney Tunes|"You don't expect a knife to sing opera, y'know?"]]
** 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>
** 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?"]]
** [[Animal Crossing|"Ahoy there! Major Resetti, first subterranean mecha mole brigade!]]
** 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.
** Gil's valet shares a last name with the employer of [[Jeeves and Wooster (novel)|the most famous gentleman's gentleman in fiction.]]
** [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.
** [[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.)
** A poster at the Science Fair [http://www.girlgeniusonline.com/comic.php?date=20081210 here]: "Planet Earth: A [[Scary Go Round]] we live on."
** [http://www.girlgeniusonline.com/comic.php?date=20110502 Klaus] [[Firefly|can kill you with the power of his mind.]]
** [http://www.girlgeniusonline.com/comic.php?date=20070611 Is that] [[Stargate SG-1|Teal'c?]]
** [http://www.girlgeniusonline.com/comic.php?date=20111017 Sir] [[MediEvil (1998 video game)|Dan]]?
** [[Nodwick|Nod]], the big-nosed [http://www.girlgeniusonline.com/comic.php?date=20051019 caretaker].
** 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!]]"
** 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]
** When Zeetha and Agatha [http://www.girlgeniusonline.com/comic.php?date=20120425 check out armors], some of them look [[Warhammer 40000|kind of]] [[Galactus|familiar]]...
{{quote|'''Zeetha:''' [[Metroid|What about this?]]
'''Agatha:''' No way - [[Samus Is a Girl|can't even tell you're a girl.]] }}
** In the novelization, when Rivet shows Agatha her collection of tools, Agatha finds a [[Doctor Who|sonic screwdriver]].
** "[http://www.girlgeniusonline.com/comic.php?date=20060712 The Unseen Empire]" - ''[[The Phantom Empire]]''?
** The Corbettite train "Wyrm of Limerick" is "[[Star Wars|the engine that made the Konigsberg Run in '''less''' than '''twelve kilometers'''!"]]
** A recently introduced character is Lady [[Discworld/Characters|Margolotta]] Selnikov. If the name isn't enough, her rather pale skin may make one think of a vampire....
** 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."
** T'Otheron, Dragon King of Mars may be [[Cosmic Horror|the Void Dragon]] (on Mars) from ''[[Warhammer 40000]]''.
** [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.
* [[Throw It In]]
** 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 anybody saw him, they liked him and wanted to see more. Thus was born the Jägers.
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