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* ''[[Digimon]]'' [[Sacrificial Lion|kills]] [[They Killed Kenny|off]] at least one Leomon or otherwise lionlike [[Mon]] in every continuity from ''[[Digimon Adventure]]'' onward (thus exempting the earlier ''[[Digimon V-Tamer 01]]''). The degree of relevance or tragedy varies.

* The beginning of chapter 424 of ''[[Bleach]]'' is a reversed [[Homage]] to the beginning of the first chapter. After we again are given Ichigo's "profile" altered {{spoiler|to note that he cannot see ghosts anymore}} we're then shown a color spread which is like the first one except {{spoiler|Rukia}} isn't there and all the people with portraits in the background are ''[[Tear Jerker|turning away]]''.

 

== [[Comic Books]] ==

* Quite a few ''[[Superman]]'' covers reference the cover of the Action Comics issue in which Supes first appeared. (the page image is from ''[[Infinite Crisis]]'', with [[Alternate Universe|Superman from Earth-2/Kal-L]] striking regular Superman/Kal-El) ''[[Superman Returns]]'' even staged it in live action.

** As is the one for ''Amazing Fantasy #15'', [[Spider-Man]]'s first appearance.

*** And in ''Batgirl'', once.

* Gregory McDonald has sections from earlier books in ''[[Son Of Fletch]]'', mostly to emphasize the difference in character attitudes towards racism.

 

* The first episode of ''[[Homicide: Life on the Street]]'' begins with Detective Lewis and his partner searching for a shell casing in an alley, followed by Bayliss entering the homicide department, full of wide-eyed naivete, with his possessions in a file box. In the final episode, Bayliss repacks his possessions into the same file box and leaves the department (having just murdered a suspect), at which point we cut to Lewis and his current partner in the same alley, again looking for a shell casing. They exchange exactly the same dialogue.

** Then, in the reunion/finale movie, when Gee dies, he finds himself in an afterlife police station, where he plays cards with the two regular characters who had been [[Killed Off for Real]] (allowing all the previous regulars to appear for the reunion) as a number of past victims of unsolved crimes from the show's history wander the department.

*** "''What a horrible night to have a curse''" and "''the morning sun has vanquished the horrible night''" from CV2 Simon's Quest might have something to do with that.

* ''[[Sonic the Hedgehog (2006 video game)||Sonic the Hedgehog 2006]]'' had several of these. The game, however, was unredeemable, and as such is seen by some as a disgrace to those older moments.

** ''[[Sonic Generations]]'', being another [[Milestone Celebration]], also features a healthy amount of these, though not the fact that the entire game is levels from previous games (the plot explicitly states this as time travel and is technically not an example). Instead, the levels get several redesigns, causing them to homage levels and songs from other games either by visual appearance or by recreating actual segments of gameplay and level design.

* The ''[[Metal Gear]] Solid'' games love doing this; ''Metal Gear Solid 2'' and ''4'' are full of them.

 

== [[Web Original]] ==

 

== [[Web Comics]] ==

* ''[[Questionable Content]]'' [http://questionablecontent.net/view.php?comic=40 does] [http://questionablecontent.net/view.php?comic=873 this], with [[Your Head Asplode|mind blowing]] [[Art Evolution]].

 

** Sometimes, it's subtler. Ironhide's trainees in a live action movie-based comic are Strongarm, Signal Flare, and Skyblast. In ''[[Transformers Energon]],'' those were the names of the three varieties of Omnicons, and a ''very'' different Ironhide led a team consisting mostly of Omnicons.

*** The Transformers wiki has a "Transformers References" section for every episode or issue. Much of it is simply "Starscream mentions last issue's events" but you'd be surprised how many sly homages there are. After all, it's a franchise that's been going across ''multiple'' media with ''several'' countries producing original fiction almost continuously since 1984, and everything, however obscure, is some fan's favorite and some author's favorite, and some of the creators just like throwing in obscure homages for fun. The result is ''every single member of any crowd scene'' in [[Transformers Animated]] being a past character, though it may be as obscure as "That off-white Bumblebee repaint sold briefly and only in Brazil." (Aka Sedan.)

* ''[[Thundercats 2011|ThunderCats (2011)]]'' contains numerous [[Mythology Gag]]s, but the most iconic scene ([[Battle Cry|Thunder, Thunder, Thunder, Thundercats HO!]]) is a shot-for-shot remake of the original.