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Numerous references to all the famous dragons in fiction when Valkyrie and the Monster Hunters think of a name for the dragon living in Gordon's caves, including Smaug, Drogon, Fin Fang Foom, and Puff.

Gant may also be a shout-out to another, seemingly-harmless old man with the same name.

Cadaverous Gant from The Dying of the Light is "master of his domain.".

At the beginning of Kingdom of the Wicked with a discussion on whether a character is an insane man who thinks he's a butterfly or an insane butterfly who thinks he's a man.

The Maleficent Seven references Indiana Jones Raiders of the Lost Ark's top men quote, with "Top.

Darquesse references Spiderman's With Great Power Comes Great Responsibility.

I've never known anyone to talk so fast, except on The West Wing. Have you seen it? I watch the reruns on television.

Another in The Maleficent Seven, Saracen Rue knows stuff.

In the same book, Tanith quotes The Untouchables and is rather annoyed when nobody else gets the reference.

The same Necromancer says, "You shall not pass!" when he confronts them.

They're worried it might become a stereotype.

In The Maleficent Seven, Tanith and Sanguine mention that they are both Harry Potter fans while ridiculing a Necromancer who uses an actual wand for magic.

He quotes I'm Your Man, saying it's something a friend of his once said.

Ghastly giving relationship advice to Fletcher in the chapter 'The Wisdom of Leonard Cohen'.

From The Dying Of The Light: "She abandons the wheel, comes back over.

Scapegrace, as a zombie head in a jar, notes that he had heard someone once say fezzes were cool.

Or "The Mask of Zorro", where Murrieta says "The pointy end goes into the other man.".

While less likely, that one could also be a reference to Terry Pratchett's The Carpet People, where a skilled fighter who is nonetheless clueless with swords is told "The blunt end goes in your hand and the sharp end goes in the enemy.remember which end is which.".Darquesse's knowledge of swordplay consists of "the pointy end goes in the other person".Valkyrie while pretending to be Darquesse references the Borg in The Dying of the Light when explaining to Alternate Mevolent why she's so good at adapting to new weaponry.Tesseract might just be a Shout-Out to Bane.

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There's an earlier Superman reference in Playing With Fire, where Valkyrie comments that Dusk ripping off his human skin is similar to how Clark Kent rips off his shirt.Darquesse mentions flying like Superman.In book 6, when Carol and Crystal ask Valkyrie to teach them some "tricks", she tells them they're not called tricks, and the twins correct themselves to saying "illusions" instead.Speaking of which, there's no way the Valkyrie and Caelan subplot wasn't meant to be a mocking Deconstruction of Twilight."We're not Buffy and Angel, OK? We're not Romeo and Juliet.Valkyrie is worried about "hulking out" in book six.Look out for the Empire Strikes Back reference in Book Five: "Not a scratch, Ghastly".One of the words used to open the Crucible was " Mellon".There is a moment in the fifth book which references the "spanish inquisition" sketch from Monty Python.Part of a chapter towards the end of the fifth book seems to be lifted straight out of a certain swordfight scene from The Princess Bride.To The Blair Witch Project in book four.