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* One more from "Flash and Substance" -- [[Mark Hamill]], who regularly plays The Joker in the DCAU shows, plays one of The Flash's foes, The Trickster. Essentially, he's reprising his role from ''[[The Flash (TV 1990)||The Flash]]'' live action TV show.
* In "Secret Society", the scene of the League and the Society charging towards each other is a reference to the opening of ''Challenge of the Superfriends''. Earlier, Shade jokingly refers to Grodd's Society as the "Legion of Doom".
* Flash's surreal [[Dream Sequence]] in "The Brave and the Bold" when hit by Grodd's [[Mind Control]] ray features him growing grotesquely overweight and [[Puppet Permutation|turning into a puppet]] -- both things featured prominently on [https://web.archive.org/web/20191016162946/http://www.superdickery.com/index.php?view=article&catid=29%3Aconfounding:confounding-comic-covers-index&id=1117%3Athe:the-day-flash-weighed-1000-pounds&option=com_content&Itemid=24#content ridiculous old] [[The Silver Age of Comic Books|Silver Age]] [https://web.archive.org/web/20191016162950/http://www.superdickery.com/index.php?view=article&catid=29%3Aconfounding:confounding-comic-covers-index&id=1125%3Aplight:plight-of-the-puppet-flash&option=com_content&Itemid=24#content comic covers.]
* [[Supergirl]]'s [[Evil Twin|villainous clone]] is modeled after one of Supergirl's [[Parallel Universe]] counterparts, [[Power Girl]], including her... [[Most Common Superpower|"maturity."]]
* In "To Another Shore," when [[Wonder Woman]] needs to switch from civilian clothes to her costume, she performs the spinning "transformation" sequence from the [[Wonder Woman (TV series)|Lynda Carter TV series]], complete with lightshow.
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** The mysterious alien Alpha Q is based the [[Transformers Generation 1|G1]] Quintessons, although he only has three faces (G1 Quintessons had five). In fact, in the comic, his full name is Alpha Quintesson.
 
== Other Works ==
* In ''[[X-Men: Evolution]]'', one episode features the theme song from the original ''[[X-Men (animation)|X-Men]]'' animated show remixed as a sort of tropical poolside jazz piece.
** Also, in the episode "Under Lock and Key", the five members of the original X-Men team from the '60s (Cyclops, Jean Grey, Beast, Angel, and Iceman) are sent on a mission together.
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** In one episode, Kitty is shown hugging a purple dragon toy before bed, referring to her friend/pet Lockheed in the comics
* ''[[Superman: The Animated Series|Superman the Animated Series]]''; where to begin...
** "Mxyzpixilated" is extra-extraordinarily meta: Superman mispronounces Mr. Mxyzptlk's name exactly the way that the ''[[Superfriends]]'' production team decided to pronounce it. Mr. Mxyzptlk himself all but crosses the [[Fourth Wall]], turning Jimmy [https://web.archive.org/web/20191016162951/http://www.superdickery.com/index.php?view=article&catid=29%3Aconfounding:confounding-comic-covers-index&id=1029%3Athe:the-giant-turtle-man&option=com_content&Itemid=24#content into a turtle,] making [[wikipedia:Streaky the Supercat|the Kents' cat flight-capable,]] and starring in his own private newspaper comic strip by "Siegel and Shuster," the creators of Superman.
** "Little Big Head Man" shows Bizarro's created a model of a square planet, namely [[Sdrawkcab Name|Htrae]], Bizarro Earth from [[The Silver Age of Comic Books]]. Then Mr. Mxyzptlk's girlfriend Ms. Gsptlsnz summons up a real-life ''[[Action Comics]]'' issue advertising Mr. Mxyzptlk on the cover.
* ''[[Teen Titans (animation)|Teen Titans]]'', while not as mythos-heavy as the DCAU (being separate from it), has its share of Mythology Gags as well.
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** A season four episode features anthropomorphic rhino [[Usagi Yojimbo|Gennosuke]], exploring NYC when he becomes taken with a muscular punk's outfit. One "shopping" trip later, he is seen wearing the outfit: a tight yellow wifebeater, cargo pants, and an ammo belt strapped across his gut--the outfit anthropomorphic rhino Rocksteady wore in the original TMNT series. To complete the look, Casey Jones slaps a helmet on him as he leads the rhino away.
** Leatherhead's lair is taken from the turtles' second lair in the movie series.
* ''[[South Park: Bigger, Longer and& Uncut]]'' actually has one for an early ''[[South Park]]'' short. The "[[What Would X Do?|What Would Brian Boitano Do?]]" musical is a reference to "Jesus vs. Santa", the second short the series was based on, where the boys asks this of Jesus and can't think up an answer.
** An episode of the show had Tweek being afraid to put a carrot on a snowman's face because it might come alive. In a reference to the ''first'' short, "Jesus Vs. Frosty"...
{{quote|'''Stan''': Tweek, when that has that ever happened, [http://www.youtube.com/watch?v{{=}}ELxeSadruMI except for that one time]?}}
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** ''[[The Batman vs. Dracula]]'' was probably somewhat inspired by ''Batman and Dracula: Red Rain''.
** In the episode "Team Penguin", the other members of Cobblepot's [[Legion of Doom]] keep suggesting different names for the group. Ragdoll comes up with "Villains United", the title of the book that introduced the [[Secret Six]].
* An episode of ''[[Batman: The Animated Series|Batman the Animated Series]]'' features one huge mythology gag. It's a bunch of kids telling their [[Rashomon Style]] stories about the Batman, one being 60's campy, one being Miller's Dark Knight, and at the crowning moment of funny they stumble upon a very feminine boy stroking a feather boa saying, "I love Batman, that rubber costume, the car that can drive up walls," and another kid remarks something along the lines of, "oh please give me a break Joel," an [[Take That/Western Animation|obvious reference]] to [[Joel Schumacher]] and his Batman movies.▼
* ''[[Batman: The Brave And The Bold|Batman the Brave And The Bold]]'' features a ton of references to the 60s ''[[Batman (TV series)|Batman]]'' series. In particular, an episode with Robin copies a lot of things that would happen in the show, including walking up the side of a building, Robin shouting "Holy X, Batman!", using a Shakespeare bust to open up a secret path to the Batcave, and more. There's also an episode with the Joker where he ends up in the Batcave and reminisces about some of the various deathtraps he's used on Batman, all of which were pulled from the 60s series.
** The episode with Bat-Mite references the Dark Knight trilogy, the original 60's series, the Batman Animated Series in the DCAU, and so much more. The whole episode is ''really'' trippy.
** The Music Meister episode contains a reference to the infamous Bat-Shark Repellent.
*** And the Batusi.
*** Hell, the whole ''series'' is pretty much a giant version of this trope, honestly.
*** The episode "Chill of The Night" has Batman behaving almost exactly as dark, brooding, brutal, and terrifying as his earlier animated counterpart played by [[Kevin Conroy]].
** Blink and you miss it, but in [[The Teaser]] for "The Last Patrol", which features the BB&TB version of Batgirl's first battle with Killer Moth, there's a glass case behind her containing Silky, the giant grub from Killer Moth's appearances in ''[[Teen Titans (animation)|Teen Titans]]''.
*** In the same episode, one of the circus posters is about Beast Boy, a member of the [[Doom Patrol]] in other incarnations.
** In "Bold Beginnings," [[Green Arrow]] comments that as evil as the Cavalier is, he likes his goatee. In practically every other modern incarnation, Green Arrow has one himself. The same episode mentions Batman having gone through a "dark loner phase" before the events of this series.
** In the episode "Powerless!", during "[[Aquaman]]'s Rousing Song Of Heroism", Aquaman takes on the appearance and powers of other heroes. His appearance as [[Martian Manhunter]] shapeshifting into a snake is an exact copy of J'onn's power-display in the ''[[Justice League]]'' title sequence.
▲* An episode of ''[[Batman: The Animated Series|Batman the Animated Series]]'' features one huge mythology gag. It's a bunch of kids telling their [[Rashomon Style]] stories about the Batman, one being 60's campy, one being Miller's Dark Knight, and at the crowning moment of funny they stumble upon a very feminine boy stroking a feather boa saying, "I love Batman, that rubber costume, the car that can drive up walls," and another kid remarks something along the lines of, "oh please give me a break Joel," an [[Take That/Western Animation|obvious reference]] to [[Joel Schumacher]] and his Batman movies.
** And another one was all-but an homage to the 1960's "campy" Batman starring [[Adam West]]... who, appropriately, voiced himself as "The Gray Ghost" and his actor.
* ''[[Kim Possible]]'' alluded to how the show was going to end in the episode "Bad Boy", as Kim and Ron are watching their favorite prime-time soap, "Agony County", and complaining about the status of one couple. A few episodes later, "So The Drama" ended with [[Official Couple|Kim and Ron]] getting together, and was supposed to be the [[Grand Finale]], until the producers decided to [[Post Script Season|bring the show back]].
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* In their early days, [[Hanna-Barbera]] would make outright stars of characters either referenced earlier or appearing earlier. [[Quick Draw McGraw]]'s name was first seen on a note on a door in a 1957 episode of ''Ruff And Reddy'' (the studio's first series), Snagglepuss was an antagonist on the Quick Draw show, Ricochet Rabbit (from ''The Magilla Gorilla Show'') first appeared as an antagonist on ''Touchè Turtle,'' and the [[Wacky Races|Ant Hill Mob]] was first seen as a gang on insect bikers in an episode of Atom Ant.
* The first episode of ''[[Roughnecks: Starship Troopers Chronicles]]'' [[Inverted Trope]] Raczak's "Do you wanna live forever?!" catchphrase from the film, having him instead solemnly order his men: "Live forever, Apes."
* ''[[My Little Pony: Friendship Is Magic|My Little Pony Friendship Is Magic]]'' has various references to the first generation of ''[[My Little Pony]]''. The series as a whole [[What Could Have Been|was supposed to be]] a reboot of the first generation, complete with G1 Ponies, but copyright issues with the names didn't allow it. Twilight Sparkle's mom [http://4.bp.blogspot.com/-OXQcDqb1joM/TaqCQUwBF8I/AAAAAAAAA1A/0qW8qfaqwyo/s1600/twilight+mom.jpg is the original Twilight], who Twilight was actually supposed to be before they changed her coloring. In one episode Twilight is changed into stone, which [http://ponibooru.413chan.net/_images/e970688eb0ba9035c31a76f1a7b2b509/34105%20-%20comparison%20g1%20G1_Pony%20references%20stoned%20twilight_sparkle.jpg parallels a scene]{{Dead link}} where the original Twilight was turned into stone. There's also an episode where Pinkie's birthday comes up, which also happened in Generation 3 but had the opposite result. The two Spa Twins may be a reference to [http://ponibooru.413chan.net/_images/072d847bc9fcf45649ed4a392fc10ed2/7606%20-%20Aloe%20g1%20Lotus%20Spa_Pony%20toy.jpg two G1 toys from Europe]{{Dead link}}, and the gang used a Rainbow attack in one episode that resembled something from the G1 pilot.
* ''[[The Problem Solverz]]'' references its [[Adult Swim]] pilot ''[[Neon Knome]]'' in some episodes. Kevin, the magic cup, can be seen in Horace's room, and the pictures on the wall are screenshots from the pilot. Roba also has a collection of Narrator dolls, and the giant Rollerblade appears in a few backgrounds. In "Hamburger Cavez", Roba unrolls his long sleeping bag the same way he did in ''[[Neon Knome]]''.
* ''[[Moon Girl and Devil Dinosaur]]'' gets a lot, since it's based on a [[Marvel Comics|Marvel]] comic book:
** One of the buildings in the Lower East Side is an arcade named "Battleworld", the name of the planet where the original Secret Wars took place.
** One of the girls at Lunella's family rink resembles Gwen Stacy.
** "Moon Girl Landing":
*** Casey calls Devil Dinosaur "[[Clifford the Big Red Dog|Clifford]]", much like Kamala Khan in the comics.
*** Lunella's second option for a costume resembles Shatterstar's suit.
*** Lunella returning Devil to his home dimension before he returns is an event that happened during the original comic book run.
** In episode 2, upon seeing the symbiote Syphonator grow, Lunella exclaims "Oh. My. [[The Incredible Hulk|Gamma Rays]]". Doubles as an [[Actor Allusion]] for Devil's voice actor, who is Hulk's regular voice in animated media.
** The opening scene in "Hair Today, Gone Tomorrow" where Lunella's mother tells her to take better care of her hair is a moment lifted from the comics.
** "The Beyonder":
*** Lunella wants to win the science fair so she can go to a Wakandan Outreach Center, a cobcept first introduced in ''[[Black Panther (film)|Black Panther]]''.
*** One of the concepts the Beyonder dosen't understand are bathrooms, which Spider-Man had to explain him in the Secret Wars II comics.
*** Lunella and Devil save people from a fire by having them roll in Devil's back, a nod to the third issue in the original comic book run.
*** When the Beyonder uses an orchestra to seemingly destroy Earth, the melody is named "Beyonder's 616 Symphony in B minor"; 616 is the designation of the main Marvel universe.
*** After Lunella loses the science fair, the winners do the Wakandan salute from the MCU as a sign of respect.
** The mind-switch plot in "Goodnight, Moon Girl" is an homage to Moon Girl's Inhuman ability to change minds with Devil in the comics.
** At one point in "Skip This Ad...olescense", Lunella time-travels to a future very similar to the one from X-Men's "Days of the Future Past" storyline.
 
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