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** Shawn's forensic pathologist source (played by Kurt Fuller) tells him that a victim was killed by a Winchester 70. Fuller played Zachariah, an angelic enemy of the Winchester brothers on [[Supernatural]].

** In "Yang 3 in 2D," serial killer Mr. Yin is revealed to be {{spoiler|a professor of fine art and history}}. The actor who plays him? {{spoiler|Peter Weller, professor of fine art and history at Syracuse University. He really IS Buckaroo Banzai!}}

* [[Celebrity Paradox]]: Being big fans of [[The Eighties|Eighties]] pop culture, Shawn and Gus have made at least one reference to ''[[The Breakfast Club]]''. But if Ally Sheedy played Allison Reynolds (you know, the basket case), then {{spoiler|who's the serial killer Yang?}}

** Judd Nelson, who has been personally referenced on previous episodes, guest starred in "Death is in the Air" as a scientist.

* [[Genius Bonus]]: Some of Shawn and Gus's references can be quite obscure.

** [[S 06 E 08]]'s cult and Gus's infatuation with it leads Shawn to hope that he can get Gus out of there before he robs a bank [[wikipedia:Patty Hearst|with a machine gun while wearing a beret]].

** Bobby from ''[[Supernatural]]'' is in the same episode, {{spoiler|playing the bad guy}}.

*** And it's Ramathorne/Barry Badrinath (from ''Super Troopers'' and ''Beerfest'', respectively) playing his brother!

*** In [[Real Life]], Sendhil Ramamurthy (Mohinder) and Jay Chandrasekhar (Ramathorne/Barry) are cousins; the episode in question was also directed by Chandrasekhar.

*** Former WWE Diva Stacy Keibler had a guest spot in "Thrill Seekers & Hell Raisers."

** In "Thrill Seekers & Hell Raisers", Ruby is also a ''[[Life]]'' veteran, and Derek is [[Reba|Van]].

** Speaking of ''Stargate'', Zelenka was also in an episode.

** Gus used to be [[The West Wing|the personal assistant to the President]].

** What?! Nobody remembers [[Good Times|JJ's Dad]] is Gus's Uncle Burton???

** Lassie's former partner is [[Mad Men|Francine]].

** The show made a bold religious statement when they had an episode wherein [[Joan of Arcadia|God]] got mixed up in gambling and stole from his father.

** Not to mention that [[Reaper|Satan]] played a priest.

** The [[Karate Kid]] grew up and became a cop.

** [[Lost|Frank Lapidus]] is secretly daredevil Dutch the Clutch.

** And [[Avatar|Colonel Quaritch]] is only grumpy because his son got killed.

** Hey, [[Back to The Future|Biff Tannen]] is competing against Shawn's dad to win that truck!

** Juliet's [[William Shatner|father]].

*** [[The Princess Bride|Prince Humperdinck]] became an eccentric billionaire.

** [[The Drew Carey Show|Oswald]] formed a cult.

** Shawn has met almost all the members of [[The Breakfast Club]]:

*** Brian now goes by [[The Dead Zone|Johnny Smith]] and did a couple [[USA Network]] "Characters Welcome" commercials with Shawn.

** In "Black And Tan: A Crime of Fashion", why is [[Two and A Half Men|Rose]] working as a fashion maven's assistant? (And when did she become a New Zealander?)

* [[Retroactive Recognition]]: As this is filmed in [[Stargate City]], you see quite a few cameo cases of this, especially from USA and [[Sy Fy]] series.

** [[Sanctuary|Henry]] was a janitor in a planetarium before becoming a werewolf.

** [[Eureka|Vincent]] went to Shawn and Gus' high school before being a genius cook.

** [[Burn Notice|Anson Fullerton]] was a retired anarchist before burning Michael.

** [[Alphas|Rachel]], before sharpening her senses, was [[Heroes|Mohinder's]] forbidden lover who didn't see a truck coming.

** In "The Head, The Tail, The Whole Damn Episode," Shawn asks Gus to warm up his [[A Pup Named Scooby Doo|Super Sniffer.]]

*** Gus' "Super Sniffer" has been referenced in other episodes as well.

** In "Shawn (and Gus) of the Dead," Shawn realizes that Gus wasn't given credit for his help in [[Continuity Nod|finding the dinosaur skeleton]] on display at the museum. His response? "Oh man, Gus is gonna have an aneurysm when he finds out. And [[Buffy the Vampire Slayer|not the]] [[Funny Aneurysm Moment|funny kind]], either."

** In "Romeo and Juliet and Juliet" Shawn is fighting a martial artist(long story) and he tries to use the [[The Karate Kid|Crane Kick]], along with the accompanying quote.

** Shawn vs. The Red Phantom has a ''ton'' of fun with comic books and sci fi. There are numerous veiled references to comic books analogues, like [[Batman|a movie ruined by nipples on the action suit]]. Three characters are called [[Mass Effect|Talia]], [[Hitch Hikers Guide to The Galaxy|Dent]], and [[Kill Bill|Beatrice]]. George Takei guest stars.

*** Talia could also be Talia Al Ghul and Dent could be Harvey Dent. Additionally, there are background characters named Rob and Don, a shout out to the Dark Knight Returns and Dark Knight Strikes Again

 

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