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{{quote|''"...And Rainbow Dash, who retains her own identity, wail taking queues from another represents the Element of: The Homage"''

 

'''Homage''' is the deliberate recreation of one work of fiction within the context of another. In the 21st century this is usually done for comedic effect (and frequently confused with [[parody]]), but in older works it is usually serious, paying homage to the feudal concept of [[w:Homage (feudal)|homage]] while paying homage to an existing work. Sometimes it's ''both''. A homage<ref>The word is from Latin, not French - pronounce the "h".</ref> is an extended sequence, significantly more than a simple [[Shout-Out]], but does not actually constitute a [[Crossover]] even when (as in the case of several 1980s/90s ''[[The Brady Bunch|Brady Bunch]]'' homages) some of the original stars recreate their roles. (The memory of "A Very Brady Episode" of ''[[Day by Day]]'', where an obviously pregnant [[Maureen McCormick]] reprised her role as "Marcia", comes to mind.)

 

== [[Literature]] ==

* Steven Brust's ''[[Dragaera|Khaavren Romances]]'' are homages to [[Alexandre Dumas]]'s ''D'Artagnan Romances'' (''[[The Three Musketeers (novel)|The Three Musketeers]]'' and sequels); the four main characters are [[Captain Ersatz]] [[Our Elves Are Better]] versions of the Dumas's protagonists, and the titles of ''The Phoenix Guards'', ''Five Hundred Years After'', and ''The Viscount of Adrilankha'' correspond to ''The Three Musketeers'', ''Twenty Years After'' (with [[We Are as Mayflies|the time period scaled appropriately]]), and ''The Vicomte de Bragelonne''.

* The first ''[[Hyperion]]'' book has a lot of these on top of the mixed [[Whole-Plot Reference]] to Keats' ''Hyperion'' and Chaucer's ''[[The Canterbury Tales|Canterbury Tales]]'' (or maybe Boccaccio's ''[[The Decameron|Decameron]]''). Each story the pilgrims tell is an Homage to one or more styles of literature. The Priest's Tale is an epistolary novel. The Soldier's Tale is high action military science fiction, a la ''[[Starship Troopers]]''. The Poet's Tale is a mash up of fairy tales, darker elements intact. The Scholar's Tale is Old Testament [[The Bible|Biblical]]. The Detective's Tale is [[Noir]] with elements of [[Cyberpunk]]. The Consul's Tale is a Shakespearean tragedy, mixing ''[[Romeo and Juliet]]'' with ''[[Hamlet]]''.

* Veruca Salt's "Volcano Girls": ''"Well, here's another clue if you please...the seether's Louise''"

** A parody/homage to the Beatles' "Glass Onion": ''"Well, here's another clue for you all...the walrus was Paul"''

* Jimmy Eat World's "A Praise Chorus" contains the following verse, each line of which is a line from another song:

{{quote|''(Crimson and clover Over and over)

** A later episode homages ''[[Tom and Jerry]]''.

** Don't forget the two [[Pokémon (anime)|Tinymon]] episodes. They even made the antagonist's name sound like Ash Ketchum!

** In the first episode, Bob and Phong play a tennis-esque game using a floating disc and energy-paddles on their hands and feet. Then the camera angle becomes a view from above, and it's instantly obvious that the game is ''Pong''.

** Another episode, "Number 7", was an homage to ''[[The Prisoner]]'', complete with farcical trial scene, seesaw-camera-chair, and use of the phrases "Who is Number One?" and "Be seeing you".

* ''[[Pinky and The Brain]]'' did plenty of whole-episode homages, including ones for ''[[The Third Man]]'', ''[[Winnie the Pooh]]'', ''[[Around the World in Eighty Days]]'', and ''[[The Prisoner]]''.

** TV show doing a homage to a stage musical: ''[[Pinky and The Brain]]'' includes an episode parodying most of the memorable songs in the musical "Man of La Mancha".

 

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