What were some times a cartoon made references to movies or literature that the target audience wouldn't get?
Billy and Mandy referenced Dune a few times
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>>79807969
Regular Show
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>>79810301
And Bob's Burgers too.
I think animated sitcoms are the ones who always make movie/literature references most of the time
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>>79810361
>>79810301
>>79810361
Gravity Falls also did Breakfast Club as well.
As for making references, it's more of a comedy trope than specifically animation.
>>79810452
But you see it more in sitcoms animation than in other type of cartoons.
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>>79811551
>star wars
Literally every kid knows star wars
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=byrjW0gf2d0 this entire episode
>>79811693
Yeah, I misread the OP.
>>79811693
I've never watched any Star Wars films.
I thought it was a reference to War of the Worlds.
Animaniacs, Pinky and the Brain, Freakazoid... pretty much all the 90s WB cartoons.
What about references to art?
Didn't Clarence do a reference to American Psycho? If so, that.
>>79808167
I could have sworn there once was a Blue Velvet reference in there, too.
>>79810361
>>79810406
Bob's Burgers' age demographic is in the low to mid 30s, I think you're underestimating what the target audience is.
They made a Solomon Rushdie joke in the first season.
Archer pulls the same thing.
>>79818025
I didn't read the whole OP and just jumped in the boat of "references"
>>79813830
Yeah Jeff does a play on the beginning of it where Bateman prepares for the day.
>>79811551
>>79811693
KND still did a ton of references from Starwars to Indiana Jones to even the Matrix.
>Is that really your pussy, Mrs. Slocombe?
I got it because my father was a fan of Are You Being Served? and introduced me to the series in the very early 2000s, but most kids watching probably didn't.
anything adam reed has written
>>79807969
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xuOzSFo3p54
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Henri_de_Toulouse-Lautrec
>>79811848
It is a War of the Worlds reference. Idk what the f is going on.
>>79820547
AT-ATs
>>79813830
There was also a nod to the original Texas Chainsaw Massacre, which might be my all-time favorite "adult" reference in a kids cartoon.
>>79821140
Ha ha holy shit
>>79820547
>>79819174
More Canadian kids might have, since YTV played it a lot.
>>79807969
>Bob's Burgers
>>79815029
Yeah. Billy was sitting on Grim's chest screaming don't look at me.
>>79819781
Man, I love how this series was simultaneously smart and stupid at the same time.
>>79821140
>>79822297
this is surprisingly accurate
>>79822297
>>79822311
Looks like someone's proud of his epic shitposting skills.
>>79821140
Clarence also made a reference to Little Nemo in Slumberland in Clarence's Millions. Not to mention they parody a bunch of songs that were just on the radio in the late '90s early '00s like the background music in the Chuckleton's episode, or them doing Blister in the Sun when they're chasing a lizard.
>>79822441
>spreading a message is now shitposting
Seriously? I'm bringing content, not vapid shit.
sameasiteverwassameasiteverwassameasiteverwas
>>79822450
Nah you're forcing it, you shouldn't be pushing your shit everywhere at once. Let it sink in and then get reused, have a little patience. You know, let it fall off the board before reusing it.
Steven Universe and Junji Ito
I don't think many kids know his works
Also the infamous horse show has dozen of this kind of citations
>>79808167
Speaking about that show,I remember that a few Lovecraft's monsters appear in the Episodes
Gravity falls makes many refences to twin peaks
>>79820547
>clearly 4 legs
>war of the worlds
jesus you disgust me
>>79822489
What show referenced it?
>>79823723
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=A0j56oxVMEk
Although there is a picture of Lapis Lazuli referencing the music video, but that's just fanart and I don't know how and why exists.
>>79822607
What doesn't make a Twin Peaks reference?
>>79822297
>Implying you have anything better
Animaniacs
>>79822441
Sucy best waifu.
Sucy also best reaction face for 4chan.
But mostly sucy best waifu.
>>79807969
Every old(er) Simpsons episode.
>>79822297
What the fuck do Steven Universe and Bob's Burgers have to do with anything on that list?
It's a good album.
>>79824556
The guy just slapped a bunch of popular things together on a picture and thought that made him clever or above it all.
>>79822509
SU references Junji Into? That almost makes me want to watch it.Not really though.
>>79824605
He made it as, the ultimate bait post.
Wander Over Yonder directly lifted a gag (the one where Lancelot is running towards the castle gates) from Monty Python and the Holy Grail for "The Big Day".
>>79807969
great show
>>79827072
>>79808167
DIS IS NOT ME BEAUTIFUL HOUSE
DIS IS NOT ME BEAUTIFUL WIFE
Cut scene from AoU had Tony refer to the twins as "Flowers in the Attic". Wanda thinks it's a compliment and Hawkeye assures her it's not.
>>79811848
>never watched Star Wars
GO FUCKING WATCH IT TROGLODYTE
What rock have you been living under
>>79823796
goddamn i fucking knew i remembered this and i couldnt find it until now, thanks anon
>>79832310
The old films were fucking shit and so was the new one.
>>79811848
You must think that makes you special or something, to be so intentionally keep living in ignorance.
>>79810301
>implying stoners haven't seen Breakfast club
>>79832310
I watched the old saga only recently,it's funny,the quality is costant and it has great special effects but I don't find it a masterpiece,even for its genre
>>79808167
Not just Dune, but GOD-EMPEROR OF DUNE, the third book in the series. Dem some hardcore nerds.Also the episode where Lord Byron becomes Billy's Stand to help him be cool.
>>79810301
>>79810452
Teen Titans Go did a loose parody of the Breakfast Club too, which felt appropriate cuz the first time I learned about the original show was in a TV Guide article comparing the Titans to characters from that movie.
>>79833413
You fucking troglodyte, God Emperor is the 4th book. What's wrong with you?
>>79822444
Lost in the Supermarket was, I think, a reference to the Clash. The title has the same title as one of their songs
Rugrats did a few. I remember there was a Maltese Falcon episode
>>79822297
16 year Olds hate bobs burgers and king of the hill
>>79833741
The first episode had a Jack Kevorkian joke.
And the time that Chuckie came out of a Hora dance saying "The Hora! The HORA!"
