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** The Statue of Liberty half-buried or submerged
** The Statue of Liberty half-buried or submerged
** The line "You maniacs! You blew it up!"
** The line "You maniacs! You blew it up!"
* "I'll be back." From the films of [[Arnold Schwarzenegger]], including but not limited to the ''[[Terminator]]'' series.

== Literature ==
* 23: Used as a reference to its appearance in the ''[[Principia Discordia]]'', conspiracy theories (there was even a movie about that), or maybe just to ''[[A Tale of Two Cities]]''.
* "He who controls the X" from ''[[Dune]]''
* "Preciousssssss" or "my Precioussssss". ''[[Lord of the Rings]]''
* [[Room 101]] from, ''[[Nineteen Eighty-Four]]''
* [[Catch-22]], from the novel of the same name.


== Live-Action TV ==
== Live-Action TV ==
* [[42]]: Most famous as the Answer to the Ultimate Question of Life, the Universe and Everything in ''[[The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy]]'', though it occurs over and over again in Lewis Carroll's works.
* [[42]]: Most famous as the Answer to the Ultimate Question of Life, the Universe and Everything in ''[[The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy]]'', though it occurs over and over again in Lewis Carroll's works.
* 4 8 15 16 23 42: The ''[[Lost]]'' numbers, which notably include two numbers listed separately on this page.
* 23: Used in a similar way, as a reference to its appearance in conspiracy theories. (There even was a whole movie just about that...)or maybe just to ''[[A Tale of Two Cities]]''.
* 4 8 15 16 23 42: The ''[[Lost]]'' numbers, which notably include two numbers listed separately above.
* "Be seeing you!" with a particular hand-to-eye gesture: ''[[The Prisoner]]''
* "Be seeing you!" with a particular hand-to-eye gesture: ''[[The Prisoner]]''
* "That's the second-[adjective]-est [noun] I've ever seen!" from ''[[Get Smart]]''
* "That's the second-[adjective]-est [noun] I've ever seen!" from ''[[Get Smart]]''
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* A113: A reference to the California Institute for the Arts, specifically the classroom for first-year graphic design. This one is common in [[Pixar]] films (witness "special order A113" in ''[[WALL-E]]''), but Cal Arts grad and Pixar stalwart [[Brad Bird]] also included references in ''[[Mission Impossible (film)|Mission Impossible: Ghost Protocol]]''.
* A113: A reference to the California Institute for the Arts, specifically the classroom for first-year graphic design. This one is common in [[Pixar]] films (witness "special order A113" in ''[[WALL-E]]''), but Cal Arts grad and Pixar stalwart [[Brad Bird]] also included references in ''[[Mission Impossible (film)|Mission Impossible: Ghost Protocol]]''.
* "[[Feed Me]]!" Or "Feed me, Seymour!", delivered in a [[Large Ham]] fashion, usually in a voice as deep as the speaker can manage; from ''[[Little Shop of Horrors]]''
* "[[Feed Me]]!" Or "Feed me, Seymour!", delivered in a [[Large Ham]] fashion, usually in a voice as deep as the speaker can manage; from ''[[Little Shop of Horrors]]''
* "He who controls the X" from ''[[Dune]]''
* "I'm walkin' here!", from ''[[Midnight Cowboy]]''
* "I'm walkin' here!", from ''[[Midnight Cowboy]]''
* The [[Major-General Song]], from ''[[The Pirates of Penzance]]''; also a favorite stock parody
* The [[Major-General Song]], from ''[[The Pirates of Penzance]]''; also a favorite stock parody
* "Nevermore." ''[[Edgar Allan Poe]]'''s "The Raven". Expect it wherever or whenever anything [[Ravens and Crows|corvid]]-related appears.
* "Nevermore." ''[[Edgar Allan Poe]]'''s "The Raven". Expect it wherever or whenever anything [[Ravens and Crows|corvid]]-related appears.
* "Oh Captain, My Captain!", along with standing on a desk—from ''[[Dead Poets Society]]'', and therefore often used with [[Save Our Students]] plots.
* "Oh Captain, My Captain!", along with standing on a desk—from ''[[Dead Poets Society]]'', and therefore often used with [[Save Our Students]] plots.
* "Preciousssssss" or "my Precioussssss". ''[[Lord of the Rings]]''
* "See you next Wednesday": to director John Landis' [[Creator Thumbprint]].
* "See you next Wednesday": to director John Landis' [[Creator Thumbprint]].
** This one was actually inverted once. [http://groups.google.com/group/rec.arts.sf.tv.babylon5/msg/910d367e0e6bd61f See here.] JMS, creator of ''[[Babylon 5]]'', used the phrase in reference to the series being aired on Wednesdays and would have ''changed'' it if he knew it could be seen as a John Landis reference.
** This one was actually inverted once. [http://groups.google.com/group/rec.arts.sf.tv.babylon5/msg/910d367e0e6bd61f See here.] JMS, creator of ''[[Babylon 5]]'', used the phrase in reference to the series being aired on Wednesdays and would have ''changed'' it if he knew it could be seen as a John Landis reference.
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{{quote|I've seen things you people wouldn't believe. Attack ships on fire off the shoulder of Orion. I watched c-beams glitter in the dark near the Tanhauser Gate. All those moments will be lost in time, like tears in rain. [pause] Time to die.}}
{{quote|I've seen things you people wouldn't believe. Attack ships on fire off the shoulder of Orion. I watched c-beams glitter in the dark near the Tanhauser Gate. All those moments will be lost in time, like tears in rain. [pause] Time to die.}}
* "STELLLLLLLLLLLAAAA!!!!!!" ''[[A Streetcar Named Desire]]''
* "STELLLLLLLLLLLAAAA!!!!!!" ''[[A Streetcar Named Desire]]''
* [[Room 101]] from, ''[[Nineteen Eighty-Four]]''
* "You talkin' to me? You talkin' to me?" from ''[[Taxi Driver]]''
* "You talkin' to me? You talkin' to me?" from ''[[Taxi Driver]]''
* [[Catch-22]], from the novel of the same name.
* "It's a bird! It's a plane!" from ''[[Superman]]''. Also, "This looks like a job for..."
* "It's a bird! It's a plane!" from ''[[Superman]]''. Also, "This looks like a job for..."
* "I'll be back." From the films of [[Arnold Schwarzenegger]], including but not limited to the ''[[Terminator]]'' series.


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Revision as of 21:30, 16 October 2016

A Shout-Out that pops up in a lot of places. An oddly specific Shout Out.

Apparently multiple authors independently noticed the same detail and decided to reference it in their own story. The fact that so many authors possess such a thorough knowledge of the original story goes to show just how influential the subject of the Shout-Out is.

Stock Shout Outs differ from Stock Parodies in two ways: They aren't played for laughs (beyond the inherent in-joke-esque nature of the common reference point) and they're usually blink-and-you'll-miss-it short.

Some are so famous that they've become tropes themselves.

The Other Wiki also has more information.

Subtropes: If an example fits into one of these subtropes, it should be on that page, not here.

Examples of Stock Shout-Outs include:


Film

Literature

Live-Action TV

  • 42: Most famous as the Answer to the Ultimate Question of Life, the Universe and Everything in The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy, though it occurs over and over again in Lewis Carroll's works.
  • 4 8 15 16 23 42: The Lost numbers, which notably include two numbers listed separately on this page.
  • "Be seeing you!" with a particular hand-to-eye gesture: The Prisoner
  • "That's the second-[adjective]-est [noun] I've ever seen!" from Get Smart
  • "You wouldn't like me when I'm angry." from the Hulk.

Music

Video Games

  • "You are in a maze of twisty little passages, all alike", from Colossal Cave.

Western Animation

Uncategorized

I've seen things you people wouldn't believe. Attack ships on fire off the shoulder of Orion. I watched c-beams glitter in the dark near the Tanhauser Gate. All those moments will be lost in time, like tears in rain. [pause] Time to die.