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*** [[The Punisher|Vigilante]]
*** [[The Hulk|War Hulk]]
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** The ''[[Forgotten Realms]]'' setting has its share. Including [http://
{{quote|'''[[Word of God|Realmslore from Ed Greenwood]]:''' Interestingly, Nimbrese have no word for "Wood" or "Forest," because, despite some open meadows and cleared farmlands, they regard all of Nimbral as a place of trees. }}▼
▲** The ''[[Forgotten Realms]]'' setting has its share. Including [http://www.wizards.com/default.asp?x=dnd/rl/20040825a this]:
▲{{quote|'''[[Word of God]]:''' Interestingly, Nimbrese have no word for "Wood" or "Forest," because, despite some open meadows and cleared farmlands, they regard all of Nimbral as a place of trees.
** The Dungeonmaster's Guide for 4th edition points out how jarring it would be for the characters to meet [[Monty Python and the Holy Grail|Tim the Enchanter]] in most fantasy settings.
*** The same book also states that the DM's job is to be [[Tropes Are Not Bad|entertaining, not original.]] [[Lampshade Hanging|The very next page]] has a picture of [[Lord of the Rings|a blond male elf]] [[Pirates of the Caribbean|stabbing a heart in a chest]].
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*** N4 ''Treasure Hunt'': the Island of Tetris (from the [[Video Game]])
*** WG7 ''Castle Greyhawk'': The Plane of Silly and Unused Monsters (Island of Misfit Toys in ''[[Rudolph the Red-Nosed Reindeer|Rudolph the Red Nosed Reindeer]]''), bats being used to send messages (''[[Mad Monster Party]]''), the three cooks Larifyne, Mowlenhowad and Kurlenshembes ([[The Three Stooges]]: Larry Fine, Moe Howard, Jerome "Curly" Howard and Shemp Howard), Poppinfarsh the Dough Golem (Poppin'Fresh, the Pillsbury Doughboy).
*** Module X2 ''Castle Amber''. The weird and powerful Amber family members who lived inside the title castle were engaged in constant infighting. They and the castle were inspired by the Amberites and Castle Amber in Roger Zelazny's ''[[Amber]]'' series of stories. Some specific references:▼
*** Not an adventure, but the default orcish pantheon from 1E included deities whose holy symbols were [[The Lord of the Rings|a fiery eye and a white hand]].▼
**** In the module, one character uses magical Tarot cards. In Zelazny's ''[[Amber]]'' setting, Amberites use the Trump deck for fortune telling as if it were a Tarot deck.▼
**** The module introduces Grab Grass, which can grab hold of creatures. In Zelazny's work, the Courts of Chaos have grass that does the same thing.▼
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** 2nd Edition had a few as well.
*** [[Al Qadim]] setting boxed set ''A Dozen and One Adventures'' (1993) had two of them.
**** The beautiful pahari (mermaid) Salana had red hair and was forbidden to have any contact with surface dwellers because she was too young. She rebelled against this order and tried to learn about their ways, including investigating shipwrecks. She didn't bother to wear clothes when in human form as she was oblivious to the demands of modesty. Disney's ''[[The Little Mermaid]]'' (1989), anyone?
**** Adventure "Eleven baneful Gates". In the city of Al-Anwahr there's an inscription on the remains of a statue: "I am Azaltin! See my works, ye mighty, and despair!". It's from the Percy Bysshe Shelley poem ''Ozymandias''.
▲** Module X2 ''Castle Amber''. The weird and powerful Amber family members who lived inside the title castle were engaged in constant infighting. They and the castle were inspired by the Amberites and Castle Amber in Roger Zelazny's ''[[Amber]]'' series of stories. Some specific references:
▲*** In the module, one character uses magical Tarot cards. In Zelazny's ''[[Amber]]'' setting, Amberites use the Trump deck for fortune telling as if it were a Tarot deck.
▲*** The module introduces Grab Grass, which can grab hold of creatures. In Zelazny's work, the Courts of Chaos have grass that does the same thing.
* ''[[New World of Darkness]]'':
** ''World of Darkness: Innocents'' features a Shout Out that's actually downright disturbing. In the combat chapter, the examples consistently use a pair of siblings named Charlie and Lola.
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** Mage's ''Chronicler's Guide'', when discussing plots for high-gnosis players gives the example of [[Enki Bilal|the gods of Ancient Egypt appearing in a floating pyramid above Paris]].
** A shout out to [[TV Tropes|this very site]] can be found in the ''Seers of the Throne'' book, where a [[Chessmaster]] NPC has the skill "[[Xanatos Gambit]]".
** In the core book for ''[[Hunter: The Vigil]]'', there's a conspiracy called Aegis Kai Doru. The picture accompanying it (to represent a typical member) is almost exactly the same as the cover of ''[[Devil May Cry]] 3''
*** It's debatable whether or not this is a shot-out and not a piece of plagiarism. The artist for the picture was fired for it.
** ''[[Half Life]]''. In the section of ''Hunter'' dealing with the Scientist profession in the main rulebook, there's also a statement that "more than one theoretical physicist has taken up a crowbar to beat back a swarm of living dead."
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* ''[[Teenagers From Outer Space]]'' features a number of shout-outs to ''[[Urusei Yatsura]]'' (such as the gender-bending Boy/Girl Gun).
** It also riffs on the [[The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy|Pan-Galactic Gargle Blaster]] with the Pan-Galactic ''Ghetto'' Blaster, the ultimate portable stereo.
* German RPG ''[[wikipedia:Das Schwarze Auge|Das Schwarze Auge]]'' (The Dark Eye) has unbelievably many. Besides the countless that work only in German, there are things like the towns "Camparisodano" and "Wodkalemonis", "Sylla" and "Charypso" (Scylla and Charybdis, two obstacles for Odysseus). The dwarf Gargi, son of Gax wrote the book "Dragons and Demons" (Gary Gygax, ''[[Dungeons and Dragons]]''), another book is called "Der ringende Herr" (compare the German title of [[Lord of the Rings]]: Der Herr der Ringe), Gandolf von Gareth wrote the books "Ringkunde für
* ''[[Maid RPG]]'' has too many to list them all. A few include ones to ''[[Neon Genesis Evangelion]]'', ''[[Variable Geo]]'', ''[[Basket Case]]'' (Only in the Japanese version), ''[[Krull]]'' (Only in the English Version), ''[[Doctor Who]]'', ''[[Clock Tower (series)|Clock Tower]]'', ''[[Aliens]]'', ''[[Urusei Yatsura]]'', ''[[Terminator (franchise)|Terminator]] 2'', ''[[Fist of the North Star]]'', ''[[El Mariachi]]'', ''[[Wizardry]]: Proving Grounds of the Mad Overlord'' and ''[[Battle Royale]]''.
* ''[[Brikwars]]'' has a lot, including ''[[Indiana Jones]]'', ''[[Romeo and Juliet]]'', ''[[Warhammer 40000]]'', and ''[[James Bond]]''.
* In the revised Nosferatu clanbook of ''[[Vampire: The Masquerade]]'' there is a section
{{quote|"[[The Vampire Chronicles|Killing humans onstage in Paris? Vampire rock stars?]] What the hell were you thinking?"}}
** As well as:
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