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*** ''Witches Abroad'' also has a lot of odd similarities with Shrek 2, including the ruler who's only revealed to be a frog at the end, and the villain being a fairy godmother.
** An early Watch book mentions that mass-circulation newspapers hadn't been invented yet in Ankh-Morpork, "leaving the public to fool themselves". Then Pratchett gets around to writing ''[[Discworld/The Truth|The Truth]]''...
** One of ''[[Discworld/The Wee Free Men|The Wee Free Men]]'' says he's "bigger on the inside" in a straightforward ''[[Doctor Who]]'' reference. Then, later on in the book, Tiffany comes across [[Doctor Who
*** Also in that book is Tiffany rescuing someone from a dream {{spoiler|by killing him}}, and being informed by said individual that they might still be trapped in a dream and be unable to tell the difference. The dream is populated by stuff from the dreamer's memories. Oh, and Tiffany was in said dream because she and the WFM [[Inception|wanted to steal something]]. Date of publication: 2003.
* ''[[Neuromancer]]'': "The sky above the port was the color of a television tuned to a dead channel". Some years after this was published, new television sets with sophisticated electronics began replacing "snow" on dead channels with a blank, sky-blue, screen.
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* At least one translation of ''[[Beowulf]]'' referred to [[Monty Python and the Holy Grail|'great tracts of land']].
* In the 1932 novel ''[[When Worlds Collide]]'', the League of the Last Days picked a location in Michigan to build the space arks because of its geological stability; in another universe, [[Portal (series)|so did a certain shower curtain company]].
* The 2008 [[Doctor Who Expanded Universe]] novel ''Ghosts of India'' has the Doctor trusting an alien on the grounds the alien is making tea, adding "[[Doctor Who/Recap/S31
* The children's novel ''The Twenty-One Balloons'' has the protagonist landing on Krakatoa shortly before the fateful volcanic eruption. He meets a secluded society whose men are named "Mr. (letter)". This naming convention results in two Hilarious In Hindsight moments: 1)the first person the protagonist meets on the island is named [[Arrested Development|Mr. F]] and 2) a later one named man on the island goes by [[The A-Team|Mr. T]].
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