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{{quote|"''Is it just me or am I making a lot of references in this episode?''"|'''[[Atop the Fourth Wall|Linkara]]'''}}
Any work where the [[Homage
But even in the appropriate works, how well this is done depends on most of the references being done well. Sometimes this works, sometimes not.
The references can even turn into multiple [[Genius Bonus
Compare [[Trope Overdosed]], [[Refuge in Cool]], [[Pastiche]], [[Fountain of Memes]], [[Continuity Cavalcade]].
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* ''[[Maria Holic]]''
* And, while the main culprits are already listed, practically every other [[Studio Shaft|Shaft]] show counts too.
* ''[[Haiyore! Nyaruko-san|Nyarko San]]'' has, besides its Cthulhu [[Mythology Gag
* The anime for ''[[Asobi ni Iku yo!|Asobi Ni Iku Yo]]'', known as Cat Planet Cuties in the US.
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* ''[[The League of Extraordinary Gentlemen]]''. Specially in the latest graphic novels. Seriously, you will be surprised how many British 60's sitcom characters can appear in a number of pages.
* ''[[De Cape et de Crocs]]'' is pretty much the French equivalent of ''[[The League of Extraordinary Gentlemen]]'' in terms of number of [[Shout-Out|Shout Outs]] ''per panel'', starting with the title.
* ''[[The Sandman]]'' is an unusual serious example; it probably manages to stay serious because its [[Homage
* ''[[Scott Pilgrim]]'', particularly in relation to [[Video Games]] and music.
* ''[[Kill Shakespeare]]'' has a lot of references to Shakespeare, naturally.
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* Any [[Quentin Tarantino]] film.
* Many [[Kevin Smith]] films.
* ''[[Shrek]]'', not counting the [[Fairy Tale
* ''[[Die Another Day]]'' referenced every single [[James Bond (film)|James Bond]] film before it.
* Both ''[[Scream (film)|Scream]]'' and ''[[Behind the Mask|Behind the Mask: The Rise of Leslie Vernon]]'' are [[
* ''[[Scott Pilgrim vs. the World]]'', much like the comic upon which it's based, revels thoroughly in this trope.
* Most films directed by [[Joe Dante]], including ''[[Gremlins]]'', ''[[Looney Tunes: Back in Action]]'', ''[[The Howling]]'', and ''[[Piranha]]''.
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* ''[[Ready Player One]]'' has this as part of its plot, but narrows it to 1980s video games and pop culture in an effort to solve the puzzle left behind by a rich eccentric as part of his will.
* ''[[Finnegans Wake]]'' features thousands of references to everything imaginable.
* ''[[A Night in the Lonesome October]]'' abounds with references, being a wide-ranging gothic horror pastiche with references to other genres. It contains many [[Homage
* The works of [[Philip Jose Farmer]] are sometimes Reference Overdosed, particularly those set in the Wold Newton universe. A single work may be a Homage to one writer while encoding allusions to the work of many, many others. For example, no name is innocent until all anagrams, obscure linguistic derivations and so forth have been exhausted.
* ''[[Discworld]]''
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* The [[Wu-Tang Clan]]: cursory examination of the first two tracks on ''Enter the Wu-Tang/36 Chambers'' turns up, in addition to the samples and references to [[Wuxia|old Kung-fu movies]] for which they're famous, overt references to [[Steven Seagal]] and his film ''[[Out for Justice]]'', ''[[Voltron]]'', and ''[[The Warriors (film)|The Warriors]]''.
** Also, [[Ghostface Killah]] had a song from the 1996 album ''Iron Man'' (which was when he started using the alias Tony Stark) entitled "[[NASCAR|Daytona 500]]" (named mostly for its fast pace) which used clips from the original ''[[Speed Racer]]'' to make one of the first Anime Music Videos which is still considered a [[What Do You Mean It's Not Awesome?|favorite by many]].
*** The song itself contained samples from Bob James' "Nautilus" and "Crab Apple" by Idris Muhammad whle the chorus from "Turn The Beat Around" by Vicki Sue Robinson sped up and reworded for the hook. And even featured two samples from previous Wu singles, "Mystery of Chessboxin" and Raekwon's "Incarcerated [[Scarface
** The mileage varies, but this [[Follow the Leader|opened the AMV flood gates]], being one of the first AMV's showed on TV and predating [[YouTube]] and self-made AMV's.
* Half Man Half Biscuit. Their website has a section dedicated to explaining some of the references.
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* ''[[Nethack]]'' is quite possibly the most reference overdosed game to ever be created. It boasts hundreds of literary quotes regarding topics as mundane as doorways and a wide reference pool that encompasses a large variety of topics: ancient mythology, fantasy, geek culture, mathematics, physics and other games.
* The [[Ace Attorney]] series is filled to the brim with [[Shout-Out|Shout Outs]], ranging from television to internet memes.
* ''[[Disgaea]]'' increases the number of [[Shout-Out|Shout Outs]] with every game. As of the fourth installment, nearly every spell, special attack and item description is ''some'' sort of reference to anything from [[H.P. Lovecraft]] to [[Tengen Toppa Gurren Lagann]] to ''[[Penny Arcade (Webcomic)|Penny Arcade]]''. [[Lucky Star|Anime Tenchou]] is even a [[Summon Magic]]... No, not a [[Lawyer-Friendly Cameo]] of Anime
* ''[[World of Warcraft]]'' originally used to have a handful of [[Shout-Out|Shout Outs]] in the form of traditional Easter Eggs, but since Burning Crusade, almost every character, quest name, and area is a reference to something, probably blatantly.
* ''[[Dragon Quest Heroes Rocket Slime]]'' has loads of references to other [[Square Enix]] games.
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* ''[[Highborn]]'' is an iOS game that includes references to anything from ''[[The Wizard of Oz]]'' and Mountain Dew to [[James Brown]] and ''[[My Little Pony: Friendship Is Magic|My Little Pony Friendship Is Magic]]''. There are even missions with [[Whole-Plot Reference|Whole Plot References]] to ''[[Star Wars]]'' and ''[[Portal (series)|Portal]]''.
{{quote|'''Floyd:''' [[Lampshade Hanging|I'd like to make a Jimmy Hoffa joke]], [[Breaking the Fourth Wall|but I think most of the people playing this game]] are kids who are getting tired of running to [[Shout-Out|Google]] every other line to figure out what we're talking about.}}
* ''[[Epic Mickey]]'' has loads of [[Mythology Gag
* ''[[Aqua Rhapsody]]'', The developer notes that a lot of small things are "shoutouts" to video game, anime, etc. These are as obscure as the level transitions that fade out in a similar manner to Space Harrier.
* ''[[Asura's Wrath]]'' has tons of visual [[Shout-Out]]'s to a lot of anime as well as other video games. [[Asura's Wrath/Shout Out|See them here.]]
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