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* ''The Golden Rendezvous'' by Alistair MacLean. The protagonist disarms the [[Big Bad]], who has a concealed shoulder holster, simply by yanking his jacket down over his shoulders, immobilising his arms. When the [[Big Bad]] calmly asks if the protagonist is a professional like himself, he replies "American movies."
* In ''[[Infinity Beach]]'', Solly gets the idea of blowing the alien Shroud out of ''Hammersmith'''s airlock from a movie (implied to be ''[[Alien (franchise)|Alien]]''). Unlike in ''Alien'', it doesn't work.
* In the [[Hoka]] stories, by [[Poul Anderson]] and [[Gordon R. Dickson]], the
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* ''[[Least I Could Do]]'' has Rayne bust out a [[Big No]] at goofing a chance with a girl. She calls him on being [[Narm|a bit dramatic]] and he says he
* ''[[Cyanide and Happiness]]'' got that guy with a cat, and he [http://www.explosm.net/comics/1812/ did read] this [[Garfield|comic]]...
* In ''[[The Inexplicable Adventures of Bob]]'' many of [[Gadgeteer Genius|Molly's]] engineering feats are inspired by pop culture. [http://bobadventures.comicgenesis.com/d/20111101.html When she activated her] [[Transforming Mecha|transforming]] [[Snowlems|snow]] [[Siege Engines|ballista,]] she managed to include [[Shout-Out|shout outs]] to ''Tom Corbett: Space Cadet, [[Robotech]], [[Battle of the Planets]], [[Sailor Moon]],'' and ''[[Ultraman]].''
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"We're not delivering a baby, dumbo!"
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** From the same series: Michelangelo and Donatello were tied up back to-back in chairs with a bomb next to them. Mikey revealed that he had seen a scene like this before on TV and, following his direction, the two rocked back and forth to tip over onto the floor. However, when Donatello asked what to do next, Mikey realized that he didn't
* A less modest version happens in ''[[Ben 10: Alien Force|Ben 10 Alien Force]]''. Julie does the [["I Know You're in There Somewhere" Fight]] with {{spoiler|her pet, Ship}} and when Ben is surprised she pulled it off, she says, "You're not the only one who's seen 'Brain Stealers from Outer Space'."
* ''"It came to me in a dream. And I forgot it in another dream." - Professor Hubert Farnsworth''
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