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* ''[[Pokethulhu]]'' is one long shout-out to both ''[[Pokémon (anime)|Pokémon]]'' and the works of [[H.P. Lovecraft]]. The Team Rocket knockoffs are named Derleth and Bloch, after a pair of [[Cthulhu Mythos]] writers, and signs on the map include "Yellow" (a reference to ''[[The King in Yellow]]'') and "Muskratonic University" (because the artist is [[Dork Tower|John Kovalic]], who has a soft spot for muskrats). It goes on like this for quite a while.
* In [[Magic: The Gathering]], the flavor text for the Tempest [http://gatherer.wizards.com/Pages/Card/Details.aspx?multiverseid=4737 Time Warp].
{{quote|''[[Rocky Horror Picture Show|"Let's do it again!"]]''|''
** There is also [http://www.magiccards.info/mm/en/253.html Hunted Wumpus], a reference to the classic computer game Hunt the Wumpus.
** And the [http://magiccards.info/query?q=creepy+doll&v=card&s=cname Creepy Doll], who is depicted in the art as having [[Jonathan Coulton|a ruined eye and a pretty mouth]].
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