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{{quote|''"...And Rainbow Dash, who retains her own identity, wail taking queues from another represents the Element of: The Homage"''|'''[[My Little Pony: Friendship Is Magic|Twilight Sparkle]]''', '''''[[Abridged Series|My Little Pony:]] [[My Little Pony: Camaraderie Is Supernatural|Camaraderie is Supernatural]]''''', "The Elements of Parody"}}

[['''Homage]]''' is the deliberate recreation of one work of fiction within the context of another. In the 21st century this is usually done for comedic effect (and frequently confused with [[parody]]), but in older works it is usually serious, paying homage to the feudal concept of [[w:Homage (feudal)|homage]] while paying homage to an existing work. Sometimes it's ''both''. A homage<ref>The word is from Latin, not French - pronounce the "h".</ref> is an extended sequence, significantly more than a simple [[Shout-Out]], but does not actually constitute a [[Crossover]] even when (as in the case of several 1980s/90s ''[[The Brady Bunch|Brady Bunch]]'' homages) some of the original stars recreate their roles. (The memory of "A Very Brady Episode" of ''[[Day by Day]]'', where an obviously pregnant [[Maureen McCormick]] reprised her role as "Marcia", comes to mind.)

* [http://www.giantitp.com/comics/oots0136.html This strip] of '' [[The Order of the Stick]]'' strip is an Homage to the ''[[Monty Python's Flying Circus]]'' "Cheese Shop" sketch. Notice there's a dead parrot and a ''python'' at the bottom. Note that the name of that particular strip is "It's Not a Gaming Session Until Someone Quotes Monty Python", itself a reference to gamers' familiarity with those works.