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* [[Trope Namer]]
** [[Gaslamp Fantasy]]
** [[Gentleman Adventurer]]
** [[The Madness Place]]
** [[The Spark of Genius]]
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* [[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
** 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]].
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** 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 (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.
** 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]].
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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!]]"
** 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
{{quote|'''Zeetha:''' [[Metroid|What about this?]]
'''Agatha:''' No way - [[Samus Is a Girl|can't even tell you're a girl.]] }}
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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....
** 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
** [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.
** [[Freefall/Characters|Sam Starfall]], or at least someone costumed as Sam, [http://www.girlgeniusonline.com/comic.php?date=20161216 is at a costume party thrown by the matriarch of one of the major politicking groups]. 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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