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Pop culture can be an interesting thing. Slang is in a constant state of flux, always changing. But for some things that stand the test of time, it will be adapted into our descriptive terminology.

 

 

This is best used when it comes to the more universally understood terms. For example, instead of saying "Bob fell down the chimney", someone will say "Bob pulled a Santa Claus". In other times, just to play with this trope, writers will put in the most [[Viewers Are Geniuses|obscure reference]] to throw people off. A closely related use of this trope is to acknowledge the actual reference instead of just using it as a substitute, e.g. "So... is Santa Claus your hero?"

* The two protagonists of ''[[Gerry]]'' are both named Gerry. It becomes clear that in the personal argot of their friendship, a "Gerry" has come to mean an incident of getting turned around and hopelessly lost somewhere, and that the film's title actually refers to this term.

* In ''Man of the House'', a pair of the cheerleaders are being dragged back to the house after starting to get in a barfight, and complains about being 'rescued' by saying "I was about to go all [[Buffy the Vampire Slayer|Buffy]] on his ass."

* In ''[[The Sorcerer's Apprentice]]'', Dave spills water on his pants after witnessing the confrontation between Baltazaar and Horvath and everyone believes that he wet himself. Even ten years later, kids in grade school still call having a nervous breakdown "pulling a Dave Stutler."

* In ''[[The Gamers]]'':Dorkness Rising, when Flynn is [[Back From the Dead|resurrected]], Lodge (the ''[[Game Master]]'') notes that "Flynn pulls a [[The Bible|Lazarus]]."

*** Dathon at Tanagra. Picard at Tanagra. Rai and Jiri at Lunga. Kadir beneath Mometah. Darmok and Jalad at Tenagra. Dathon and Picard at El Adrel. The Beast of El Adrel. Kailash when it rises. Uzani, his army; Shaka when the walls fell. Kiazi's children, their faces wet. Picard at El Adrel. Sokath, his eyes uncovered. Darmok and Jalad at Tanagra. Darmok and Jalad on the ocean.

*** After figuring out enough context to cooperate and survive to be rescued, Picard tells Dathon the oldest human written story, the Epic of Gilgamesh.

** From "Poker? I barely know her!":

{{quote|'''Shawn:''' That's very Cameron Frye of you.}}