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* [[DC Comics]]' 1990s ''[[Martian Manhunter]]'' series included numerous Shout Outs to other Martian fiction, from J'onn being [[Shapeshifter Mode Lock|trapped in a form]] similar to [[Edgar Rice Burroughs]]' Green Martians, to the Martian name for Mars being very similar to that in the Old Solar language of [[C. S. Lewis|CS Lewis]]' ''[[The Space Trilogy]]'', but with [[Punctuation Shaker|more apostrophes]].

** Storm can be seen in the bar scenes.

** The Bjork poster.

** The Bat-Bots are modeled on the mecha from ''[[Patlabor]]''.

** When Superman meets Scott Free and Big Barda, the jailers from ''[[Monty Python's Life of Brian]]'' are in the crowd.

* In ''[[The Avengers (Comic Book)|Mighty Avengers]]'', Hank Pym has almost become a walking shout-out to the ''[[Doctor Who]]'' fandom. Multiple identities, personalities, and costumes over the years? Check. Female sidekick? Yep, Jocasta fits that right there. Heck he even has a do anything tool, ie Sonic Screwdriver, thanks to the use of a smart chip and pym particles to store multiple tools in one tiny thing. His base is even so similar to a TARDIS that Amadeus Cho calls him on it.

* In the [[X-23]] series ''Target X'', Laura begins attending high school with her cousin Megan. Due to her, shall we say, '''abnormal''' upbringing, Laura thinks nothing of demonstrating her language skills to her French teacher by reciting a litany of ways to bribe and torture government officials, and later lists the exact amount of blood in the average human body and ways to kill someone in another class. The shout out comes from the depictions of the teachers: Jamie and Adam from ''[[MythBusters]]''.

** A previous ''Superman'' story showing "[[What If]]... Lois and Clark had a kid?" had six-year-old Lara as Calvin and Mr Mxyzptlk as Hobbes.

* The Dec. 18, 2008 edition of ''[[Archie Comics]]'' had a shout out to, of all things, [[The Comics Curmudgeon]]. Josh himself explains the reference [http://joshreads.com/?p=1827 here].

** [[Red Shirt]]: "[[Batman (TV series)|Holy flying furballs]], it's ''[[Batman|BATS]], [[Incredibly Lame Pun|man!]]''"

** When Usagi is drenched in green dye, Gen tells him to "[[Slasher Smile|Stop smiling]] like some [[Batman|joker]]."

** [[Implacable Man]] [[Friday the 13th (film)|Jei-san]].

** Usagi mentions an encounter with a "notorious [[Groo the Wanderer|cheese bandit]]".

** This is probably a stretch, but Inazuma is an [[Xena: Warrior Princess|implacable wandering swordswoman with straight (mostly) black hair and bangs]].

* It might be a coincedence, but the Sunday, Feb. 21 2010 "Bizarro" comic was [[Watchmen (comics)|a German Shephard reading ink blots]] {{spoiler|he saw "Bad Dog" in all of them}}.

* A porn star character named Hot Gates rates a mention and later an appearance in Miller's [[Batman]] [[Graphic Novel]] ''[[The Dark Knight Returns]]'' and its sequel ''[[The Dark Knight Strikes Again]]''. The Hot Gates -- translated from the Greek ''Thermopylae'' -- is the principal location for ''The 300 Spartans'' which inspired Miller's graphic novel ''[[300|Three Hundred]]'' written inbetween the two former novels.

* Issue #3 of ''[[The Muppet Show Comic Book]]'' opens with Pops the doorman discussing the ''[[Police Academy|Paint Academy]]'' films. Apparently there's an actress in them called [[Thursday Next|Lola VaVoom]].

* At one point in ''[[Y: The Last Man|Y the Last Man]]'', Yorick is messing with a "Fuck Communism" lighter, and mentions that he based it on a comic book character's lighter. Jesse Custer had the same lighter in ''[[Preacher (Comic Book)]]''.

* ''[[The Awesome Slapstick]]'' features several of these, to [[The Punisher|Marvel]], [[Batman|DC]], [[Looney Tunes|WB]] characters, and basically anything that the creators thought funny, especially in the second issue which took place in a mall.

* In ''[[Birds of Prey]]'' #25 [[Blue Beetle|Ted Kord]] flies the Beetle around Bludhaven with Oracle and recreates several of Nite Owl's scenes from ''[[Watchmen (comics)|Watchmen]]'' in the process. For bonus points Nite Owl was originally supposed to be Ted Kord.

** It's the [[Frank Miller|goddamn]] [[Batman|Maidman]]!

** A shout-out to [[Image Boards|4chan]] even made its way into one of the books.

* Many many times throughout the years in the various media he's been depicted in, [[Superman]] or, sometimes, an Expy has been shown holding a car above his head pointed slightly downward in reference to the image on the cover of Action Comics #1, his first appearance. Most of these shout outs [[Characterization Marches On|do not show the car being smashed into a hill side with people still in it]] the way Superman was in that iconic cover.

* One issue of Secret Origins told the origin of the Golden Age [[Green Lantern]]; three sailors are shown bringing the lantern from China. The sailors are quite obviously from ''[[Terry and the Pirates]]''.

* [[Seven Soldiers|Klarion issue 2]] has two major shoutouts: A group of teenage wannabe gangstas that befriend Witch Boy are clearly based on [[Archie Comics]] and friends. The second is in a museum of superheroic vehicles- a flying saucer with eyeballs is clearly shown, a nod to Silver Age title Fatman the Human Flying Saucer.

* In both ''[[Young Justice (comics)|Young Justice]]'' and ''[[Teen Titans Go!]]'', the artist for both series tends to cram in tons of references to ''[[Mystery Science Theater 3000]]''.